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By: GreyCloak (Diary) | May 26th, 2012 at 02:14 AM |

RESIZE: AAA

To all who have served that we may be here today.

To Irwin and Roy of the American Expeditionary Force, and Heinrich Sr who fought on the other side.

To Don and Leon and Chuck and Verne, and Henry (Heinrich Jr) who fought on our side the second time around.

To Ray, who occupied Japan.

To Ron, who wintered on Korea.

… These just the past 100 years.

Some died in battle, some survived their wars. All now passed; Their flags will fly again this weekend.

We will remember.

COMMENTS

checkmate2012

and gekster, PTTP, and all that served and still serve in our great military. It’s a strange world as earlier today, thinking of Memorial Day, I was trying to find some history of my Dad on-line today and could find none. He was a Navy fighter pilot in Viet Nam, was a River Rat so looked that up and he fought in the Korean War, He ended his 27 years of Navy service as the Commanding Officer at Glenview NAS, and nary a word. He died in 1995. Frank Taylor Clark from Bonham, TX. I miss him so much and will honor all those that serve our great country, knowing our freedom is on account of them.

checkmate2012

Don’t see him in sight…
gekster

Named after the poster kowalski, who repeatedly replys to himself, to add to his own comments.
http://www4.webng.com/rickbull/lostlucky/ rickbull

Uncle William (D-Day)
Uncle Frank (D-Day)
Tom (D-Day)
Mel (D-Day)
Uncle Glen (between WWII and Korea)
Uncle Kenneth (also between WWII and Korea)
Nephew Matthew (Iraq: GW2)
and Great-Great Grandpa John (U.S. Civil War, Confederacy)
All survived to come home, but lost many a friend while serving, and served without question to give us better tomorrows.

(Clink!)

checkmate2012

and yes I’m all teared up. It’s been a rough day thinking of my Dad and all those that have served. Dolly’s song is awesome and the rest went blank but the titles…I’ve aleady shed many a tear on Levin’s Friday song thing as I think our country’s gone to hell…& I’m not that old but feel dispaired.

Please make this a diary and not a comment for all to see. You all are a proud and brave bunch of heros.

funwithknives

was a real treat. It opened with an announcer we here in the Windsor/Detroit area know, all too well. His name is Bill Kennedy and used to host an afternoon movie show on CBC/ Windsor,Channel 9. He was a bit player in Hollywood and never let us forget it.

But the Gipper at the end of same was just icing……….

gekster, where do you come up with this stuff? Or maybe I’ll just shut-up and enjoy the mystery.
mriggio

To my late father, 1Lt R.J. Riggio, USAAF, 8th AF, who co-piloted his destroyed B-17 to a crash landing, with loss of aircrew lives, survived his sentence in the stalag, and lived a successful life. He disliked Hogan’s Heroes.

Thanks for the excellent post and outstanding comments. Cheers!
recentlyenlightened

A great man. Funny, loving, and knew how to play every card game there ever was! And here’s to Gramma Jan! The sweetest, most patient woman alive. She’s still kickin’ and will be 92 in a couple months! I miss you Grampa and I love you guys! Thanks for my Mom. You guys did a hell of a job with her. You should be proud and I know you are.