As I walked among the graves at Hamm cemetary in Luxembourg where many of the Americans who died during the Battle of the Bulge are buried, I couldn't help but wonder whether or not the scarifice was worth the price they paid.
Then I thought about the millions of unmarked graves in which the victims of the fascist governments lie and immediately knew the answer.
Our heroes of previous generations, whether or not they knew it, were fighting for those unknown and unspoken-for victims. They fought either to free them or to avenge them.
Our soldiers' cause was noble and just. They knew they were fighting the fascist Nazi government. However, what they did not know at the time was that they were fighting to free the world from an evil unlike any known before.
Today, we are in a fight very much like that which was fought by our grandfathers.
Our enemies want to impose a way of life upon the world that is the antithesis of what we as a nation believe in and for what all who have served and died for this country have sacrificed so much for.
Our enemies today do not believe in the freedoms that our country is based upon. As a matter of fact those freedoms that make us a nation are part of the reason our enemies hate us so much.
As a nation of free people, we cannot forget the sacrifices of each and every American who has served this country, both home and abroad. Our military men and women and our public servants also have sacrificed much. Many have given all their tomorrows for our todays.
We have the freedom to go about our daily lives thanks to the sacrifices of many individuals, both past and present.
Is it worth the fight?
Hell Yes!!!!!!
SSgt Mike Reynolds.
Please excuse any typos and gramatical errors. I have posted my rough draft that was written before my English Major wife got a-hold of it.