There are those of us who have served our country in the military. At the end of the tour we returned home...yet there are those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for their country. I was proud to have served this nation...and prouder still of the men and women who came before and after me. The danger to this nation has always been real...and our young people are the ones called upon to take up the flag.
The following video was made originally for Veteran's Day, however, a group of my friends have said that it should be seen at every possible opportunity.
This is my list of people who by way of their existence made me who I am...either by direct action...or by the legacy they left behind.
Seaman 1st Class Ben White (Killed off the Azores) RIP
Gunner's Mate C.L. Younger (WWII Pacific Campaign) RIP
Private Wallace Morene Big Red 1 WWII RIP
Private Bertrum Morene 82nd Airborne WWII RIP
Ensign Ed White WWII Yorktown and Enterprise RIP
Private Bob White Marines WWII RIP
Sgt Thomas J. Pryor USAF RIP
CMSGT Edward J. Norton II Vietnam
CMSGT John Parks Vietnam
Private James Hughes CSA Pickett's Division Civil War RIP
Private Abner Morene CSA Hills Division Civil War RIP
Unk Rank John White Greene's Army American Revolution RIP
Senator Sam Ervin (Watergate) Family Friend RIP
Please Add the people you want to remember.
Captain... I looked at that video off and on all day yesterday... hoping you'd decide to repost it... If you hadn't done it today I was going to ask you about it tomorrow.. Thank you sir..
ReplyDeleteMsgt Charles L Davis, WW2/Korea, My dad
ReplyDeleteMsgt JC Davis, Korea My Uncle
Glade Tibble, WWI, My grandpa's brother
Fenton Tibble WWI, My grandpa's brother
Sgt Rick Martin RIP, May 1968, Vietnam, one week short of 21 years of age, one month after arriving in county, a good friend
My son, USN, 1989-1993
My husband, USAF ret, 1968-1996
My thanks to all who served
And their wives who put up with a lot of things most women wouldn't...
ReplyDeleteI'll add 2 more
ReplyDeleteMy great grandfather James Davis CSA Mississippi, passed in 1931
My niece, SRA Jessica Bauer, 2008 to present, deploying this Thursday
My prayers are with her.
Amen Grumpy, they could be the unsung hero's. We held down the fort.
ReplyDeleteMy Grandfather, USS Constellation, WWI US Merchant Marine WW II
ReplyDeleteMy Grandfather, US Army WWI
MY Uncles, Army and USMC WWII
My father, who got caught trying to enlist in the Marines on his older brothers Birth Certificate, served in the National Guard (underage) and finally managed to get into the Merchant Marine when no one was looking
Fishygal said... My niece, SRA Jessica Bauer, 2008 to present, deploying this Thursday
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On that note, Fishy.. let's not forget Moos, Captain Black Eagle and Aquagrump all have sons currnetly serving
Very nice tribute - the number listed as killed in the Civil War is probably about on third of the total. Over 620,000 were killed on both sides - equivalent to 2 percent of the population or 6 million today. Over 50,000 civilians died. Of those killed, only about on third were ever identified. Civil War soldiers didn't carry "Dog Tags" or necessarily any other form of identification until very late in the war. The book "This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War" by Drew Gilpin Faust gives an excellent account of the carnage.
ReplyDeleteWe average one war about every ten years - will it ever stop? Probably not.
My uncle Willy was killed at Normandy.
Examiner
Examiner,
ReplyDeleteThat is probably true for all the wars listed, especially those of the Civil War era. I used the numbers reported by the veterans administration, and were only intended as an approximation.
War is in the nature of man.