I always set aside this weekend to remember loved ones and honor fallen comrades.

Absolutely!!!!

....................................................................... And THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you have never seen a fallen serviceman being returned home, tended by a lone member of our military, it is something you should try to do. Not for the spectacle, but for the powerful reminder of just how much the military mourns the loss of one of our own.

We can never repay the fallen for their sacrifice, that debt is too great for any nation. But we can remember them. They died for their country, for their brothers-in-arms, for their family back home, and for millions of others who never knew him, but should always gratefully remember what he did for them.

May I humbly offer a long, slow, salute to those who came home for the final time to rest from war.

(Taken in 2009 during a trip to DC. Arlington National Cemetery and the Tomb of the Unknowns was very moving)

Go down through the ages and try to count the numbers of those that gave everything and those that gave parts of their bodies and minds, just so that we have the freedoms that we do. The numbers have to be astounding. We salute them all since there is no other way to tell them that we care about what they did for us and we ask that those that are still serving are protected while doing what they have to do.

One of my interests is " anything WWII " and Memorial Day ( Rememberence Day in Canada ) tends to make me remember how incredibly lucky we are to be here given the events of 1939-1945 . An astounding number of men and women have given their lives , over the many years ,in various countries , and I will be eternally grateful .

Terry

The ones, injured, or, fallen and buried in known graves, we remember.
We must also remember all, whose remains still lie where they fell in battle. Those who have no grave site to visit, or marker, to tell the world where they lie.
There is a place in my heart too, for those whose graves, are the great waters of the world, with the valiant ships they served in.
"Freedom, requires eternal vigilance"
Thank You, the "Vigilant", for your duty, honor, and love of Country.

P. R. Juengst
CPO USN RET

To all those service men and women whose train never made it back to the yard...

Our thoughts are with you...

What a shame most Americans haven't the first notion of the ultimate sacrifice others have made for us.