Have a safe Memorial Day

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only looking · #1 Post by **only looking** » Mon May 25, 2009 1:28 am

Hi guys, just wanted to say THANK YOU to all the men and women of the armed forces who have died for this great country of ours, and want everyone to take a moment tommorrow and give them that time to put them in your thoughts and prayers if you are the praying type. Also say a quick prayer to the ones still fighting. With that being said I want all you guys and gals to have a safe Memorial Day.If you're off from work don't forget to visit the dead and the living.

N1095A · #2 Post by **N1095A** » Mon May 25, 2009 1:50 am

I know it appears elsewhere on the site, but Maj. Michael Davis O'Donnell's poem seems fitting here too.

If you are able,
save them a place
inside of you
and save one backward glance
when you are leaving
for the places they can
no longer go.
Be not ashamed to say
you loved them,
though you may
or may not have always.
Take what they have left
and what they have taught you
with their dying
and keep it with your own.

And in that time
when men decide and feel safe
to call the war insane,
take one moment to embrace
those gentle heroes
you left behind.

Lest we forget.
Sincere thanks and Heartfelt salute to all the true heroes past and present.
Semper Fi, USMC 13th MEU. "Tanks for the memories."

Agatha · #3 Post by **Agatha** » Mon May 25, 2009 4:45 pm

Thanks for posting a Memorial Day message, only looking!

My Dad served in the Navy during WWII...my brother served in the Marines in Viet Nam...my nephew is in the National Guard, currently stationed in Iraq. Your message reminded me to remember the Moment of Rembrance at 3:00 today.

Nice poem, N1095A. I'm going to print it and carry it with today so I'll be able to read it again wherever I am at 3:00. I pray that the "time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane" will be SOON!

Thanks to all you vets...you're my heroes!!

N1095A · #4 Post by **N1095A** » Mon May 25, 2009 6:33 pm

Agatha wrote: I pray that the "time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane" will be SOON!

Amen!
Maj. O'Donnell had it right.
For my father who fought in WWII Europe, My friends in Desert Storm, and those who carry the torch today.

Steve · #5 Post by **Steve** » Mon May 25, 2009 7:47 pm

As the son of a P-38 pilot in WWII, the Grand-nephew of a barnstorming pilot from WW-I, and a proud member of The Patriot Guard Riders wherein I have attended Funerals of our Fallen Heroes to guard the Families from the crazed members of the Westboro Baptist Church, I say thank you to all that have served and are currently serving. I sure do miss the old days of Magnum on A&E whern they would have an all day Magnum Marathon on Memorial Day........

IKnowWhatYoureThinking · Wed May 27, 2009 2:57 pm

I hope everyone had a good Memorial Day. Let us never forget the true meaning of th eholiday!