An acquaintance of mine writes a column and blog, and I appreciated her thoughts this memorial day. I don't have her permission to copy it here, but here is the link:
A Dollar's Worth: Forgetting is not an option-----

If you miss it today, there's Veterans Day.

I did yesterday-- his name is Pete Wade he was in D -Day Normandy and later in the bulge in Bastone.

If you go to n St Mere Eglise the first french town liberated there is the airborne museum with a c47 -painted as The Argonia- the coloniel that was in charge of the waco gliders flew the argonia Charles Young. when I was a kid we attended church with him here in N texas.
The museum | Musée Airborne

A friend of mine was one of the first to hit the beach on D-Day. He had nightmares about until the day he died at the age of 94.

I used to tell him that I was not impressed about the length of his service or that he retired a one-star General, but I was impressed that at the age of 80 he could still get into his uniform. In fact he was buried in his uniform, and it was the only funeral I have ever been to where the current and a former Governor showed up.

He had to admit that a lot of men had seen combat, but few could make the uniform claim. He never talked about his combat service except to his Priest, but he was proud to talk about his administrative ability and how some of the changes he had come up with were still used by the US Army today.

When someone would ask him about his service he would tell then that only the dead have seen the end of war.

My War HERO Son served in Afghanistan and saved several lives. I am so PROUD to be his Father. Robert Jr., you are the MAN.

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You should be proud of him and glad he's back.

I trained a number of ARVN artillery officers in 1973. It was hard not to be their friends, they were very engaging. I'm sure that when Saigon fell, they got put into the "education" camps. No way to tell what happened to them since that time.

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That's one of the most poignant things I've ever heard or read on that subject.

When I find out someone was or is in the service I shoot out my hand and very thankfully offer my profound thanks.

He's a hero in my book, too. Please thank him for his service.

I did last night, and he said that he was PROUD to serve America. I love Him so. That's my Boy.

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I did. In return I heard silence eternal.

A couple of old VAS clips sum it up for me.
The last few minutes of most episodes tell the story.
Here's two that always get to me.

Burial at sea.
(03)Victory at Sea: "Conquest of Micronesia" 3 of 3 - YouTube

White Boxes
"You were ours and they took you away."
(03)Victory at Sea: "Melanesian Nightmare" 3 of 3 - YouTube

I thanked Jesus, since he allegedly died too or something

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