Posted on 06/06/2014 9:10:10 AM PDT by topher
Probably
As a side note, I find it touching that so many Luxembourgers still revere the men who lie under that sod, to the degree that they consider it their sacred honor to decorate the graves on memorable occasions. I only hope that we are as diligent in our reverence.
Yes. Good points. Thanks.
You have the “secret”.!!!
I find Im getting better as Im getting older...for the most part!
“As a side note, I find it touching that so many Luxembourgers still revere the men who lie under that sod, to the degree that they consider it their sacred honor to decorate the graves on memorable occasions. I only hope that we are as diligent in our reverence.”
The American gravesites in Normandy are kept by local school children. The older generation will not let the children forget the sacrifices that were made for them.
The gravesites are impeccable. There isn’t a blade of grass out of place.
5/23/2012 – These Hallowed Grounds (PBS)
video run time = 00:54:40 minutes
This PBS documentary highlights the 24 foreign cemeteries and memorials honoring the sacrifices of the U.S. military on behalf of other nations. After WWII and beginning with the Korean War, the U.S. policy for its war dead changed to where all are brought home to the U.S. In it the narrator said that Patton was originally buried amongst his men, but the locals wore a path in the cemetery to his grave, so his remains were exhumed and re-interred in a site in the same cemetery but apart from his men.
#`18: re IRS will be visiting him soon. Maybe. Health and Human Services Obamacare “Death Panel”, definitely.
Hope he has private insurance and bodyguards.
My father in law is 94 and looks pretty good. Still stands tall as he did as both a Signal Corps soldier (Iwo) and as an officer later in his career.
He does not have kind words for the Traitor in Chief.
There’s a cenotaph at a cemetery in San Gabriel, CA, but according to findagrave.com, he’s buried in the Luxembourg American Cemetery.
http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4962
http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1144
So? I’m sure this soldier can take care of himself, and many more will stand behind him.
Thank you for posting this. Let’s all hit the button and play those great tunes,and sing along if you can. These were brave men, heroes and we were so fortunate to have had them defending our freedom and liberty. May God bless them, they were indeed “The Greatest Generation.” I salute them all.
Well, sometimes the hardest things to do, in our service to the country did not involved pulling a trigger...
Well at least the president had some gum to chew on during the ceremony...
He obviously didn’t bring enough for everybody...
I did post to my twitter account, and I did post the twitchy team about it...
True.
Thank you itssme. Your words are what we all feel. Here is a link I posted to Diver Dave, expressing my feelings when I made that Tribute;
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3164492/posts?page=31#31
I believe that is where I originally saw it...
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