In Memoriam to all that have Fallen... and Lived (pic heavy)

[Breeze54]

NOW I feel better because he's just sooooo respectful and :patriot: Patriotic!!
I have such 'goose bumps now! Really! I dooooo! :eyes: He almost made me cry he
was soooo caring and respectful of soldiers that have died!!!What fuckers these
asswipe talking head entertainment lowlifes are and that's all Tweety is....
a lousy entertainment clown without a shtic!

Tweety showed graves with flags for 2 seconds!!! :grr:

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Vietnam War soldiers


US Soldiers In Vietnam,






The soldier was wounded in Diyala




Carrying Wounded Soldier




Soldiers carry a wounded comrade out of the jungles of Vietnam




US soldiers on the ground in Vietnam






This is the first photograph of dead WWII






Vietnam 1966: US Soldiers


U.S. soldiers killed in al-Anbar


Four U.S. soldiers were found dead, ...


Gettysburg Dead soldiers.


Matthew Brady, Dead Union Soldier


Dead Confederate soldiers


Dead Confederate soldiers in 'Sunken Road'


Dead soldiers posed on the field


9 US Troops Wounded in Afghanistan


US soldiers eat their Thanksgiving Dinner


Dead US soldier


Arlington National Cemetery

IN MEMORY OF ALL OF YOU.... TODAY.

I want him BACK!!!!


:cry: :cry: :cry:

[taterguy]

1. Great post

Seriously for once

[Breeze54]

3. I'm glad you're serious ... for once too. n/t

[SalmonChantedEvening]

2. Thank you Breeze

:hug:



:patriot: :cry:

[Breeze54]

4. .....

:hug:

[bigscott]

5. My Dad

fought in WWII and thought the Military was an honorable profession. Then came Nixon and Bush 1 and he always told me he would drive me to Canada before I was ever drafted (I turned 18 4 months after the fall of Saigon). Now it is me telling my son he will never fight in *'s and McSame's insane war (he turns 18 in less than 2 years).

My admiration, respect, love and honor to those that have fought and died, those that have fought and lived, and those that continue to struggle with the consequences of having served this country

peace

BigScott

[Breeze54]

8. Keep them safe and close to your heart.

:hug:

[dixiegrrrrl]

31. typing thru my tears to say

Your Dad and I share the same sentiments, I was/am absolutely totally deadly serious about hauling to Canada my 2 sons,if need be.
( They were born '66 and '68,)

Their Dad and uncle were in Viet Nam, got home alive, but not mentally whole.
Both my sons have chosen not to have children, btw, partly because of their refusal to provide cannon fodder to a government.

I totally understand the depth of your father's feelings.

[sarge43]

6. Thank you.

:cry:

[Breeze54]

7. Thank You, sarge

for all you have done... I honor you. :hug:

:patriot:

[sarge43]

9. Thank you again, Breeze

However, today is for those who gave that last full measure of devotion.

I many times thought peace had come,
When peace was far away;
As wrecked men deem they sight the land
At centre of the sea.

And struggle slacker, but to prove,
As hopelessly as I,
How many the fictitious shores
Before the harbor lie.

Emily Dickinson

[eowyn_of_rohan]

10. Thank you for this tribute...

(hard to type with tears in the eyes)...I am reminded of 2 poems:

No man is an island, entire of itself;
every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.
Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind,
and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls;
it tolls for thee."
John Donne - 1624

What passing-bells for those who die like cattle?
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons.
No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells,
Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,-
The shrill demented choirs of wailing shells;
And bugles calling them from sad shires.
What candles may be held to speed them all?
Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes
Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes.
The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall;
Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,
And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.

"Anthem for Doomed Youth"
Wilfred Owen, 1893-1918

[Breeze54]

13. Very touching words....

:hug:

[liberal N proud]

11. That last one, WOW!

Touching!

[Breeze54]

14. It always blows me away as well... n/t

[Breeze54]

12. "OUR COUNTRY IS IN MOURNING, A SOLDIER DIED TODAY."

A Soldier's Poem

He was getting old and paunchy
And his hair was falling fast,
And he sat around the Legion,
Telling stories of the past.

Of a war that he once fought in
And the deeds that he had done,
In his exploits with his buddies;
They were heroes, every one.

And 'tho sometimes to his neighbors
His tales became a joke,
All his buddies listened quietly
For they knew where of he spoke.

But we'll hear his tales no longer,
For ol' Bob has passed away,
And the world's a little poorer
For a soldier died today.

He won't be mourned by many,
Just his children and his wife.
For he lived an ordinary,
Very quiet sort of life.

He held a job and raised a family,
Going quietly on his way;
And the world won't note his passing,
'tho a Soldier died today.

When politicians leave this earth,
Their bodies lie in state,
While thousands note their passing,
And proclaim that they were great.

Papers tell of their life stories
From the time that they were young,
But the passing of a soldier
Goes unnoticed, and unsung.

Is the greatest contribution
To the welfare of our land,
Some jerk who breaks his promise
And cons his fellow man.

Or the ordinary fellow
Who in times of war and strife,
Goes off to serve his Country
And offers up his life?

The politician's stipend
And the style in which he lives,
Are often disproportionate,
To the service that he gives.

While the ordinary soldier,
Who offered up his all,
Is paid off with a medal
And perhaps a pension, small.

It's so easy to forget them,
For it is so many times
that our Bobs and Jims and Johnnys,
Went to battle, but we still pine.

It was not the politicians
With their compromise and ploys,
Who won for us the freedom
That our Country now enjoys.

Should you find yourself in danger,
With your enemies at hand,
Would you really want some cop-out,
With his ever waffling stand.

Or would you want a Soldier,
His home, his country, his kin,
Just a common Soldier,
Who would fight until the end.

He was just a common Soldier,
And his ranks are growing thin,
But his presence should remind us
We may need his like again.

For when countries are in conflict,
We find the Soldier's part
Is to clean up all the troubles
That the politicians start.

If we cannot do him honor
While he's here to hear the praise,
Then at least let's give him homage
At the ending of his days.

Perhaps just a simple headline
in the paper that might say:

"OUR COUNTRY IS IN MOURNING,
A SOLDIER DIED TODAY."


++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

'The Soldier'

by Robert Frost

He is that fallen lance that lies as hurled,
That lies unlifted now, come dew, come rust,
But still lies pointed as it ploughed the dust.
If we who sight along it round the world,
See nothing worthy to have been its mark,
It is because like men we look too near,
Forgetting that as fitted to the sphere,
Our missiles always make too short an arc.
They fall, they rip the grass, they intersect
The curve of earth, and striking, break their own;
They make us cringe for metal-point on stone.
But this we know, the obstacle that checked
And tripped the body, shot the spirit on
Further than target ever showed or shone.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

18. Illinois honors their fallen soldiers well...

We were traveling through last month, and the flags were all at half-mast. I wondered if someone "important" had died. Stopped at a tourist info rest area, and I asked the counter person. She told me in Illinois they fly all flags at half-mast for a day when a home-state soldier is killed... I was choked up awhile after that.

[rasputin1952]

15. Thank you...

.

[Breeze54]

17. Thank You.... for your service.

:hug:

[Breeze54]

16. Steve Butcher reads a poem from his son who died fighting in Iraq.

'A Soldiers Poem'



Video: http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/337/soldier-poem.html

Steve Butcher's world was devastated when his son, Steve, Jr. died while fighting in Iraq.
In a segment not included in the television broadcast, the father reads a poem written by
his son about what it means to be so far from loved ones.

Quotes from Steve Butcher, Sr.:

"I remember holding and kissing him like it was yesterday.

And it will always be yesterday."

"It was a profession I never would have had him do. But he was born to do it.

For him it was not a mistake."

"I had men (his son's comrades) come here, sit with me, and actually want me to drive them
to the homes where Steve grew up...they so revered him. They loved him so much that they're
like his brothers, which makes them like my sons...And when the last one of them left, it
was like the last piece of him left."

"I'm not so sure we weren't just a little too cavalier with our babies. And for the American
public, who is unaware of these men and their potential, I'm here to tell you that you lost a
great one in my son."

[eowyn_of_rohan]

20. OMG...

heartbreakingly sad... I know how he feels.

[Breeze54]

22. I'm so sorry.

:hug: :cry:

[ThatsMyBarack]

19. Saddest thread ever.

:cry:

Thanks for sharing, Breeze54. :grouphug: :patriot:

[Breeze54]

21. ..........

:cry: :hug:

[Maestro]

23. Awesome post! A hearty salute!

Bring them home now!

[Breeze54]

24. 'Someone Else's Child'

'Someone Else's Child'

Author: L. Carroll

Saw a headstone in a field today
a flag waving by it's side

A cold dark field by a river bed
a lonely place to die

He fell in June, a year ago
a boy not long ago

He fell as the bomb shattered the air
we knew his smile was gone

A smart boy he was, no money he had
so he signed on up for Uncle Sam

It wasn't long later and off he flew
to fight in a war he had no clue

We shouldn't have been there
it wasn't our war!

But there he'll be... forevermore.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

25. Kick because people need to see this today

[lonestarnot]

26. One day there will be no wars.

[Bombero1956]

27. great post and let add some of my own

[Bombero1956]

28. great post and let add some of my own

[lame54]

29. Here is a musical tribute to them...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMACzBomDK4

[Breeze54]

35. Quite moving...

Thanks for making that video and sharing it.

I noticed you were stuck by some of the same photos I included.

Music by 'Pavement'.... sounds good and I'm glad you also included IVAW.

[Bombero1956]

30. sorry about the double post please delete

[Breeze54]

33. It's Ok....

That last picture of the soldiers walking through the field is quite moving.

[Bombero1956]

36. That's the Korean War Memorial

the Ranger told me it supposed to look like they've wading through a rice paddy.

[dixiegrrrrl]

32. Some of you may remember ..The Patriots Dream- by Gordon Lightfoot

I wore out 2 albums back when....

and damn, just as relevant today as 30 years ago.
the last lines remind me now of Cheney.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTrZ2FEETvs

[Breeze54]

34. Great song

:hi:

I sent you a PM.