Combined Memorial Day thread....

[sc7500]

Leave us not forget the reason we HAVE a Memorial Day Weekend in the USA.

Thanks to all that have Sacrificed for us, and to those still in Harm's Way !

:USA-flag: :salute:
SC
:kilroy:

[Ghostrider]

Right on!

[Captain Kurt]

:salute::salute::salute::salute::salute::salute::s alute::salute::salute::salute:

[Jagdflieger]

A toast to our missing and fallen comrades.

This video from Canada pretty much says it all. While it was made for Remebrance Day (November 11 or Veterans Day in the USA), it is applicable to Memorial Day as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kX_3y3u5Uo

[delta_lima]

http://miasmaticreview.mu.nu/mt-static/Missing%20MAn.jpg

Gone, but not forgotten.

dl

[Oglivie]

I had the privilege to visit Arlington National Cemetery several years ago, the visit and experience of which I shall always remember. Memorial Day will always have a deep meaning for me, as well as others, for gratitude and remembrance for the fallen and all who serve for the protection of the rights and well being of others. Words do not seem to be enough but, God Bless and Thank You!

[tonybones2112]

My tribute goes beyond what many may define, I think the best thing to honor present, past, and future veterans is give them a reason for existing, and the sole, singular, only reason a soldier exists is for victory. Hoorah!:salute:

Bones

[PomBee]

We all owe these people so much. The world would be a very different, and much nastier place without the sacrifices that they have made, and continue to make.

PomBee.:salute::salute::salute:

[Shadow Wolf 07]

The symbolic start of the summer season. Have a happy Memorial Day, enjoy your cookouts but... Don't forget to take a few moments to remember and honor those who fell in defense of our nation. :salute:

[sc7500]

Just finished watching "The Commandos Strike at Dawn".....

Now watching Destroyer with Glen Ford and EG Robinson:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035800/

and after THAT, The Battle of the Coral Sea with Cliff Robertson (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0731772/), Gia Scala (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0768748/) and Teru Shimada (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0793574/):

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052606/

They're showing on Antenna TV in the US [Digital 13.3].... If you can catch 'em,

Enjoy ! :wavey:
SC
:kilroy:


ADDENDUM:

What our boys were also fighting for..... Hubba Hubba !!
39169

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_Chapman

[Rami]

Sc7500,

Nice update...thanks!

[Rami]

Shadow Wolf 07,

Amen! :USA-flag:

[PSULLYKEYS]

Amen, and all who served. Pix is of my autistic grandson at my fathers grave, a WW2 and Korea vet.:salute:

[misson]

My greetings and respect to your people on this day, especially their fallen in the defense of his nation, victims of terrorism and their families.:salute:

[Jagdflieger]

Here's two more Memorial Day threads. One here in the Basement and the other over in the Newshawks forum.

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?53976-The-REAL-Point....

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?54063-What-did-you-or-your-family-do-in-the-military

[miamieagle]

A day to Remember those that gave it all so we can enjoy the Freedom we enjoy today!:salute:

[kelticheart]

I recently purchased Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" on DVD. Right after that, I watched "Memphis Belle". One of the things that delights me about DVDs is that they offer also the original soundtrack.

Let me take this opportunity to offer my gratitude to the huge numbers of young Americans who willingly offered their lives in WWII to free the world from the most vicious forms of dictatorship and racial hatred that ever surfaced in the entire human history.

My homage goes to the victims of Korea, Vietnam and today's struggle against terrorism as well. For as bad as those conflicts were and still are, I feel that nothing will ever match what mankind went through from 1939 to 1945. Hopefully, never again.

We Europeans walk everyday on the grounds that witnessed the huge sacrifice endured by those boys, on the battlefields of the entire planet in WWII. Our generation was possible because our parents were saved by the G.I.s. A wiped-out Europe was then rebuilt thanks to American aid.

Nowadays, in the last days of April, there are still collectors of restored WWII US vehicles who re-enact the entrance of the American liberators in our cities in that now far 1945, hot on the heels of the retreating remnants of the Wermacht. Everything is perfect to the last soldier's uniform detail. On WWII-end 60th anniversary in 2005, my hometown was even able to get in touch with the US Army Colonel who was in command of the column which entered my hometown on the morning of April 25th, 1945. He was almost 90 year old at the time and he was invited to be the guest of honour during the re-enactment and the celebration. At his age, he was able to make the trip and the entire town rose to welcome and cherish him. You should have seen the tears on his face.

We shall never forget. A good Memorial Day to all of you.:USA-flag:

KH

[Ghostrider]

Right on -

Here's another one: http://thestory.org/archive/The_Story_53011.mp3/view

Click on "Listen Now" at the bottom.

[Jagdflieger]

Kelti,

Thanks for your European perspective!

[tonybones2112]

I agree 10 percent Pom, the ones deployed need a mission, clearly defined, and then all we can do to give them why they exist, victory, then home.

Tony