Memorial Day

[jobberone]

Please take the time to reflect on all those who paid the ultimate price in serving our country for the many freedoms we have.



***EDIT***: Many posted in last year's thread. That has been appropriately closed. Please pay your respects here.


Arlington National Cemetery

Verdun

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Iwo Jima Flag Memorial

USS Arizone Memorial Pearl Harbor

 

[big dog cowboy]

 

[Bullflop]

We owe so much to those soldiers who gave their lives for the freedoms that we now all too often take for granted in our daily lives.

God Bless the brave souls who fought and died for those of us at home. May they come to realize their eternal rewards in paradise.

 

[bud914]

God bless all who have served. This country is eternally grateful and in your debt forever.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

Please take the time to reflect on all those who paid the ultimate price in serving our country for the many freedoms we have.

Bless all who served.

 

[SkinsandTerps]

Been to all of those places jobberone.
I'm always thankful that I didn't lose my dad considering all of the years he served.

Hats off, shoulders square, to honor these men and women.

 

[Boyzmamacita]

Great photos. How do you thank someone who has given their life so you can live yours however you want? Words cannot express it, but thank you will have to do. Everyone enjoy this day and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice so we can.

 

[zekecowboy]

God bless all who have served and gave their lives for the freedom that we now have in the USA. Our country is
eternally grateful for those who gave their lives.

 

[jobberone]

Been to all of those places jobberone.
I'm always thankful that I didn't lose my dad considering all of the years he served.

Hats off, shoulders square, to honor these men and women.

Haven't been to Verdun. We are trying to get to France in the next year hopefully. I did see The Unknown Soldier at The Arc De Triomphe in Paris. Thank him for his service.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

My father served in the Air Force in the early to late 50s. He flew C-47s and a couple of the early jets whose models I don't remember. He was ready to defend the country at any time during his service. The way it worked out, however, was he was never sent to Korea and he was out of the service before Vietnam. Afterwards, he went on to fly for Continental Airlines until 1992.

I remember watching a documentary about the Vietnam War. They showed a family in 1973 anxiously waiting around the TV set for news of the father's possible homecoming. He was a pilot who had been shot down over North Vietnam and had done time in the Hanoi Hilton. Now in '73 many of our imprisoned airmen were returning home. When that family's father stepped out of the plane, his family jumped up and cheered. They hadn't seen him in years. I'm not sure if they even knew if he was alive. What I couldn't help but think was that could have easily been my family. If my dad had not been able to get an airline job, he probably would have re-entered the Air Force and thus would have been serving during the Vietnam War. He could have ended up in the Hanoi Hilton for years or he could have been killed. I could have grown up with my dad absent for much of my life or never knowing him at all. It's our soldiers and their families who lost them whom I remember on Memorial Day.

I'm happy to say, my dad is still with us. He's retired and in his 80s and fixes up Model T cars. He has his own airplane and still flies it. He still gets up on the roof and fixes it. He still roots for the Dallas Cowboys, having become a fan in the early 60s. I'm grateful to have grown up with such a good father. However, I have a heavy heart for the people who lost theirs in service to our country.

 

[5Stars]

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[cross]

Everyone has an opinion of what a hero is, but there is no doubt, this day is for the ultimate hero. There is no greater sacrifice than to give your life, so that others can be safe. God bless.

 

[darthseinfeld]

Here is a video someone from my unit (1/3) made from our Phanton Fury footage in Fallujah 2004/2005

 

[CCBoy]

They sacrificed to make this real...