Freeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Vietnam Heroes: All Gave Some, Some Gave All ~ 10 July 09

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Remembering Our Vietnam Heroes...
All Gave Some, Some Gave All ~

THE COLOR GUARD

A U.S. joint forces color guard march into place just before the singing of the National Anthem in Washington, D.C., July 8, 2009. The color guard was part of a ceremony in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the first two U.S. service members killed in the Vietnam War. DoD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden

REST IN PEACE

US Army Master Sgt. Chester Ovnand and Maj. Dale Buis were the first two U.S. service members killed in the Vietnam War. Their sacrifice was honored in Washington, D.C., Jyly 8, 2009, in a ceremony commemorating the 50th Anniversary of their deaths. DoD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden

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National Park Service volunteers lead a procession and carry a wreath to the center apex of the Vietnam War Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., July 8, 2009. The wreath was laid at Panel 1 E of the wall in honor of U.S. Army Master Sgt. Chester Ovnand and Maj. Dale Buis, the first two U.S. service members killed in the Vietnam War. DoD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden

Retired U.S. Army Capt. Nathaniel P. Ward IV, left, and retired Army Maj. Sam Ratcliffe stand in front of the Vietnam War Memorial Wall July 8, 2009, in Washington, D.C., after laying a wreath in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the first two American servicemembers to be killed in the Vietnam War. Ward and Ratcliffe are also holding photographs of the two soldiers: Army Master Sgt. Chester Ovnand and Maj. Dale Buis. They were killed when their compound in Bien Hoa, just north of Saigon, was attacked. DoD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden

Book author and journalist Stanley Karnow prepares to offer remarks in Washington, D.C., July 8, 2009, at a ceremony in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the first two U.S. servicemembers killed in the Vietnam War. Karnow worked for Time Magazine in Saigon, Vietnam, and reported on the deaths of Army Master Sgt. Chester Ovnand and Maj. Dale Buis. DoD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden

Retired U.S. Army captain Nathaniel P. Ward IV, right, speaks next to Jan C. Scruggs at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., July 8, 2009, in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the first two U.S. servicemembers killed in Vietnam. Ward's father was the chief of staff of U.S. Army Military Assistance Advisory Group in Vietnam from 1958 to 1960. He knew Army Master Sgt. Chester Ovnand and Maj. Dale Buis, who were killed in Bien Hoa, just north of Saigon, Vietnam. DoD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden

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Participants hold a flag reading “Wentworth Military Academy Lexington, Missouri” during the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the first two U.S. servicemembers to die in the Vietnam War at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C., July 8, 2009 DoD Photos by William D. Moss

Jan C. Scruggs, founder and president of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, speaks at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., July 8, 2009, commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the deaths of Army Master Sgt. Chester Ovnand and Maj. Dale Buis. Ovnand and Buis were the first two U.S. servicemembers killed in the Vietnam War. DoD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden

Sam Ratcliffe, a retired U.S. Army Special Forces major, speaks at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., July 8, 2009, commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the deaths of Army Master Sgt. Chester Ovnand and Maj. Dale Buis. Ovnand and Buis were the first two U.S. servicemembers killed in the Vietnam War. DoD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden

A visitor to the Vietnam War Memorial displays his support for the services during the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the first two U.S. servicemembers to die in the Vietnam War at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C., July 8, 2009. DoD Photos by William D. Moss

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The name of U.S. Army Master Sgt. Chester Ovnand and Maj. Dale Buis are incribed on Panel 1 E of the Vietnam War Memorial Wall. They were the first two U.S. servicemembers killed in the Vietnam War, and their sacrifice was honored in Washington, D.C., July 8, 2009, in a ceremony commemorating the 50th Anniversary of their deaths. DoD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden

Articles from Stars and Stripes and Time Magazine, which reported on the first two U.S. servicemembers killed in the Vietnam War on July 8, 1959, lie against the Vietnam War Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., fifty years later during a commemoration ceremony in honor of Army Master Sgt. Chester Ovnand and Maj. Dale Buis. Both soldiers were killed that day at Bien Hoa, just north of Saigon, Vietnam. DoD photo by Samantha L. Quigley

Allen McCabe, a National Park Service volunteer, does a pencil rubbing of Amry Maj. Dale Buis' name located on panel 1E of the Vietnam War Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., July 8, 2009. The rubbing was completed after a ceremony commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the deaths of Buis and Army Master Sgt. Chester Ovnand,who were serving in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam, as part of the U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group. DoD photo by Samantha L. Quigley

A U.S. Air Force bugler plays taps at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., July 8, 2009, in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the first two U.S. servicemembers killed in the Vietnam War. U.S. Army Master Sgt. Chester Ovnand and Maj. Dale Buis were killed at their base camp in Bien Hoa, just north of Saigon, Vietnam. DoD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden

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[SandRat]

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[AZamericonnie]

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[HopeandGlory]

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[2111USMC]

In

[2111USMC]

Dang!

How do you do that?

:)

(Off to mow the lawn - back later.)

[HiJinx]

TGIF, Kathy!

Hope all is well...

[Kathy in Alaska]

Guess what? ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! I had to go to my laptop. *sigh*

[SandRat]

Fortunes of a Scotsman.

[AZamericonnie]

LOL......I was afraid I had jinxed ya!

[AZamericonnie]

Hiya Scoutmaster! *hugs*

[Kathy in Alaska]

5 seconds til post.....”IE needs to close”. Then it was taking FOREVER to reboot. Had to fall back on my laptop. Finally!! I can’t live without my computer, but sometimes.....LOL!!

[AZamericonnie]

Hiya Hope! *hugs*

[Tax-chick]

Just a brief stop before I go to bed with Frank (six weeks old!) to remember my father, Bill Wright. Two years in Vietnam, 28 years in the U.S. Navy. 73 years with us and counting (even if he doesn’t remember much of the last few).

And a prayer request for his oldest grandchild, FReeper Anoreth, who broke her foot in Coast Guard basic training and is stuck in the injury unit plotting her novel.

God bless America and all our vets!

[AZamericonnie]

Hiya 2111USMC! *hugs*

[stephenjohnbanker]

Great photos!

Vietnam Vet SALUTE!!

[SandRat]

HiYa Connie. {{hugs}}

[AZamericonnie]

Howdy Jinx! *hugs*

[Doogle]

[HopeandGlory]

Hello Connie . . . have the rains come yet?

[HiJinx]

Hugs and prayers for Anoreth - basic training injuries are the pits. But things always seem to work out. Hang in there!

[AZamericonnie]

A new precious baby in the family? Congratulations!

Great thanks to your father for his service.

Prayers for swift healing for Anoreth & thanks to her for her service as well! *hugs*

[MS.BEHAVIN]

What a beautiful thread, Ma, Thank you!
I have some nice photos to share, of the GOE and The Moving Wall, if you like.
Good evening everyone!

[HiJinx]

IE doesn’t much like you, does it?

Well, you do manage to come through, regardless.

[HiJinx]

{{{HUGS}}} backatchya, Connie! It sure is muggy down here...hoping we actually get some of the rain that seems to falling all around us but no here. There are huge gray curtains of rain West, North, and North-east of us and nothing here in town.

[mylife]

Missed tonights ping somehow

[AZamericonnie]

No rains yet Hope.....we have had some monsoon clouds, thunder & winds but none of the wet stuff to speak of.

We need rain soooooo badly!

It’s so hot & seems no amount of irrigation is keeping the grass green enough.

I’m feeling a bit wilted myself!;-)

[mylife]

Dump IE!

Firefox is way better IMO

[Radix]

Thanks for the touching images, and good information.

I have been to the Memorial in Washington several times since it was constructed.

My first impression when I saw it at night more than 20 years ago was that it was different than all of the other monuments in the DC area.

It is black, it is built in a depression in the ground and one does not look up to it but rather downward until one is very close, and there is (in my experience) an energy in the area that is unlike any other in the area.

The Viet Nam Memorial certainly has always caused me to be pensive when I have been in its vicinity.

I have been to a number of places in this Country and outside, but the charged atmosphere in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial is quite distinctive.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Me too!
I had to look around to find the thread!
How’s you?

[ConorMacNessa]

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Remembering Our Vietnam Heroes...
Some Gave All, All Gave Some

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[mylife]

Makin Preps.

Have to work a few hours in the AM. Doing laundry.

Will pack tomorrow after work, get lunch at the Chinese “Hu Flung Whatzit”, load up Mr Pook and head to NYTexans.

[AZamericonnie]

I just posted to Hope that we have had all the signs of impending rain but nary a drop. :(

Actually even the humidity is still kinda low.

The mesquite seed pods are falling & making a mess. Attracking a lot of birds....even a few durn pigeons!

Yesterday the cicadas started buzzing....surely rain can’t be too far behind.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Permission Granted!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

I’ve beem running thropugh the house cleanin’.
I have an 8 hour day tomorrow, and then vacation!!
YAYY!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[ConorMacNessa]

REFLECTIONS – VIETNAM MEMORIAL

All Gave Some – Some Gave All!!!



And I don’t give a damn what the leftists may say, it was an Honorable Cause!!!!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[HopeandGlory]

The kids got some last week south of Tucson . . . they’re harvesting peppers, toms and squash, lucky them. We are in severe drought conditions here in south Central Texas. its been over a 100 for weeks with no rain and no end in sight . . . sigh! It’s going to take a Hurricane to shift this high pressure system sitting over us . . . sorry for the “H” word coasties . . . ;-)

[SandRat]

Jinx and I are getting Thunder Rumbles as I type that shake the house but no rain or lightning.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ms b...((HUGS))...of course I like. They are great pictures.

[mylife]

Looking forward to vacation.

Whats the local “bugs”(lobstah) selling for now?

[HiJinx]

Tucson and points north and east had severe storm warnings last night, the kids should definitely have gotten wet! From here, it looks like they are going to get it again tonight.

I live about 22 miles east and 30 miles south of them.

If they aren’t getting wet, then the storms are between us!

[LUV W]

Remembering our Vietnam Heroes



Billy Ray Cyrus~Some Gave All

[alarm rider]

Thanks for the thread. I am as many of you know a Vietnam era veteran. Note the “era” word there. We flew around the outskirts and never had to do what those brave men and women who were on the ground did. Those of you and the families of VN combat vets deserve our special attention and our undying thanks.

My best and most heartfelt salute.

Regards,
AR

[mylife]

It rained like mad here yesterday. 6 telephone poles snapped and a tractor trailer blown onto its side. Hail wind, rain, but alas...today the ground is bone dry and it hit 100.

Tomorrow? 103...

[HopeandGlory]

Hoping your thunder and lightening turns into refreshing rain . . . good luck!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Radix....I’ve seen the moving Vietnam Memorial wall up here, but some day I really would like to see the full size Memorial in DC.

[NYTexan]

Howdy Ms.B,

Looks like we’re gonna have yer guests all party’d out tommorrow night before they even get to ya! LOL

[LUV W]

Good question....lobstah is one of the highlights of THIS trip!

I’m packed! LOL!

I am practically vibrating with excitement! :D