Posted on 05/29/2010 11:10:00 PM PDT by mukraker
A news story tonight reported that only 40% of those surveyed knew someone who had died in the service of Ameica.
SAo, this being Memorial Day weekend, I'd like to ask my fellow FReepers to list the names of those you personally knew who have given their lives in the service of their country.
I will start.
Pfc John Mark Price
Army
killed during operation Just Cause in Panama, 1989
Hometown: Conover, Wisconsin
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/historical_information/casualties_just_cause.html
William D. Neely, III graduated from the civilian pilot training program based at STC and served in North Africa flying the P-38 “Lightening.” He earned a citation from General James Doolitte for heroism while escorting B-17s over Bo Rizzo, Sicily and awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. While training new pilots in Libya during May 1943, Neely’s P-38 went into an unrecoverable dive and crashed.
I am remembering my Uncle Howard killed in Italy during last half of WWII while serving with the Canadian Army.
While I know WW2 veterans, none that I know died in combat.
So on Memorial Day I think on them, particularly my father-in-law, who served in WW2 in the Pacific.
CW2 John Cody, AH-1G Helicopter Pilot, KIA, Tay Nihn province, RVN, 6-70, R.I.P. Brother!
A Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cav. 1st Cavalry Division (Air Mobile)..Air Mobile, Sir!
From an email I recieved today:
Why the apology ??????
At a time when our president and other politicians tend to apologize for our country’s prior actions, here’s a refresher on how some of our former patriots handled negative comments about our country:
JFK’S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60’s when
DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaulle said he wanted all US
military out of France as soon as possible.
Rusk responded,
“Does that include those who are buried here?”
DeGaulle
did not respond.
You
could have heard a pin drop.
_____________________________________
When in England,
at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the
Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of
‘empire building’ by George Bush.
He answered by saying,
“Over the years, the United States has sent many of
its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom
beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for
in return is enough to bury those that did not
return.”
You
could have heard a pin drop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There was a conference in France
where a number of international engineers
were taking part, including French and American. During a break,
one of the French engineers came back into the room saying, “Have you
heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft
carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he
intend to do, bomb them?”
A Boeing engineer
stood up and replied quietly: “Our carriers have three
hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are
nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to
shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to
feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand
gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a
dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and
from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships;
how many does France have?”
You
could have heard a pin drop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A U.S. Navy Admiral
was attending a naval conference that included
Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French
Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large
group of officers that included personnel from most of those countries.
Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a
French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many
languages, Americans learn only English. He then asked, “Why is it that
we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than
speaking French?”
Without hesitating,
the American Admiral replied, “Maybe it’s because the
Brit’s, Canadians, Aussie’s and Americans arranged it so you wouldn’t
have to speak German.”
You
could have heard a pin drop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AND
THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...
Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane.
At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on.
“You
have been to France before, monsieur?” the customs officer asked
sarcastically.
Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France
previously.
“Then
you should know enough to have your passport ready.”
The American said, “The last time I was here, I didn’t have to show it.”
“Impossible..
Americans always have to show their passports on arrival in France!”
The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he
quietly explained, ‘’Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in
1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn’t find a single Frenchmen
to show a passport to.”
You
could have heard a pin drop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If
you are proud to be an American, pass this on! If not, delete it.
I am proud to be of this land, AMERICA!
17 June 1948 - 25 March 1968
The devastation and suffering of the surviving families of these heroes is indescribable. No family who loses a loved one is ever the same.
Army Spc. Marc A. Anderson
30, of Brandon, Florida. Hometown - Alliance, Ohio
Killed in action in eastern Afghanistan during Operation Anaconda. Died on March 4, 2002 attempting the retrieval of a fallen Seal.
http://www.fallenheroesmemorial.com/oef/profiles/andersonmarca.html
John Singelton Mosby.
Regards,
May these and all who died for us rest in the eternal peace they did not see during their lifetimes here. God bless them all.
I am amazed.
I would have thought that on this weekend this would be the most posted thread on Free Republic.
I cannot believe that there aren’t more FReepers with friends and loved ones they could be remembering in a public manner.
We managed to get 97 posts on Pit Bulls, 238 suggestions for The Usurper’s screen name and only 14 people (so far) have taken the opportunity to remember fallen veterans.
Something’s wrong here.
(Or, maybe I’m just getting to be an old overly sentimental fuddy-duddy who should go back to his corner and shut up.)
...but you know *that’s* not going to happen.
(Just my long-winded way of saying BTTT.)
A fine young man. The best and the brightest.
Everybody I know that was in the military came home alive.
That’s all I got.
Sorry.
I most certainly was not chiding you.
(I was aiming at those thousands of others who just “walked on by.”)
Okay, I have a couple. Private Joe Stroud, 13th Mississippi, killed at Gettysburg on July 2nd, 1863 during Barksdale’s charge. He was my great grandfather’s eldest brother. The second is a Continental Line officer in the Revolutionary War who was killed during the fighting in the Carolinas. I think his name was Thomas Yarborough, but I’d have to check to be sure. I have too many Revolutionary War ancestors for me to keep them straight, but only one was killed in battle.
I pray grateful remembrance for the patriots in your family.
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