this Memorial Day , Thanks From Huudoo.

 

My brother in law (sisters husband) is overseas right now. Luckily he comes back in less than a month and he is so high up in the ranks now that he basically has his own office. So it makes me feel better than he isn't in much trouble.

I don't think I have ever told him I love him, but I do and I am always happy to see him when he comes back.

 

God bless our country and God bless our troups and those who served.

 

Yes, god bless all those who have served our country from its begining.

 

Here is a good photo for Memorial Day; 18000 men at Camp Dodge in Des Moines forming the Statue of Liberty:

 

Get up Monday morning, get into your Crossfire, go to a cemetery, look for the American flag on a grave, read the head stone who the Soldier was, say a prayer. You have just done your duty on Memorial Day as an American. Now drive your Crossfire home. FREEDOM IS GREAT thanks to Them.

 

Yes, if it weren't for Them, we might ALL be driving VW Beatles. Or worse yet, horse and buggies.

 

 

I have a high school buddy who's a career Marine........he just got back this week.

I'm going to take that soldier out saturday night and have a great time!

Best wishes and my prayers for all those brave men and women who put their lives on the line for our freedom!

For all the brave men and women who have lost their lives for us to live the way we do......there's not enough thanks any of us can give!

 

God be with all who wear the uniform.

 

Brad,
Thanks for your Kind Thoughts, for our Dead Servicemen who paid the Ulimate Price for Our Freedom.

I'd also like to say a prayer for my Fellow Marines who died while serving along side me in Khe Sanh & Da Nang, Viet Nam in 1967 & 68:

 

Thanks, Silverfox, and all other who served....freedom isn't free...freedom is earned....

 

Proud of my younger bro who just got back from Iraq this month...

12months of avoiding red mosquitos, surviving a couple of IED's, and Bronze star recipient...

hooahh!!!

 

I'm a service member currently stationed at Ft. Hood, TX. I have not been to Iraq yet, my unit just rotated back to the states from Korea - We are currently awaiting information on our Deployment to the Middle East. I would like to thank every kind American who has in one way or another shown appreciation for the sacrafices servicemembers and their families make every day.

From Ft. Hood, thank you!

 

NO, thank you JHTJ, stay safe, keep your head down, do us proud...

 

 

Hey oledoc2u,

You're Welcome, but this Day is : a Day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service..
(See below for the Complete History for those interested.)


Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service. There are many stories as to its actual beginnings, with over two dozen cities and towns laying claim to being the birthplace of Memorial Day. There is also evidence that organized women's groups in the South were decorating graves before the end of the Civil War: a hymn published in 1867, "Kneel Where Our Loves are Sleeping" by Nella L. Sweet carried the dedication "To The Ladies of the South who are Decorating the Graves of the Confederate Dead" (Source: Duke University's Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920). While Waterloo N.Y. was officially declared the birthplace of Memorial Day by President Lyndon Johnson in May 1966, it's difficult to prove conclusively the origins of the day. It is more likely that it had many separate beginnings; each of those towns and every planned or spontaneous gathering of people to honor the war dead in the 1860's tapped into the general human need to honor our dead, each contributed honorably to the growing movement that culminated in Gen Logan giving his official proclamation in 1868. It is not important who was the very first, what is important is that Memorial Day was established. Memorial Day is not about division. It is about reconciliation; it is about coming together to honor those who gave their all.
hn A. Logan
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-B8172- 6403 DLC (b&w film neg.)]Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11, and was first observed on 30 May 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. The first state to officially recognize the holiday was New York in 1873. By 1890 it was recognized by all of the northern states. The South refused to acknowledge the day, honoring their dead on separate days until after World War I (when the holiday changed from honoring just those who died fighting in the Civil War to honoring Americans who died fighting in any war). It is now celebrated in almost every State on the last Monday in May (passed by Congress with the National Holiday Act of 1971 (P.L. 90 - 363) to ensure a three day weekend for Federal holidays), though several southern states have an additional separate day for honoring the Confederate war dead: January 19 in Texas, April 26 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; May 10 in South Carolina; and June 3 (Jefferson Davis' birthday) in Louisiana and Tennessee.

 

Nice history lesson we should all remember, but I never go a day without thanking a vet, I met a kid yesterday while working, looked to be about 21, just had their 1st baby, nice kid...out on the farm, somehow in our discussion, I learned he had been Afganistan, then I learned he took a sniper round in the left shoulder, 6 inches from the heart...purple heart winner...we could be remembering him...I thanked him and wished him the best with his new family...always thank a vet...

 

Doc,

Always thanking a Vet is a Great personal policy, thank you!

It's very refreshing & strange for Us Viet Nam Vets, who had to to take off their Uniforms, etc on the plane Home.

We would be spit on at the airport, etc. if we still had them on when we got off the plane in Calif & elsewhere!

It was Not a good time to have "Served Your Country"!

(As you can see I'm still somewhat bitter & I believe I have earned a right to it.)

My best,

Bill

 

In my opinion we can't do enough for our men and women who risk all for the ultimate benefit of us all I was one of the fortunate few that was too young for WW 2 and then then too old for the rest and never spent a day of my life in the military however I have not nor will not forget the sacrifices made by too many Americans for me and the rest of us Thank you can never be said enough in words or deeds