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Salutes and honors to all the fallen heroes.
My own were: (Vietnam)
Tommy Ball, Paul Burrier, Dennis Dale, Emmett George, Curtis Harman, Larry Lorber, Michael Orash
God Bless you Boys. We'll never forget.
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I was not in a combat unit. The only one we lost was Cpl. Kopka (Cpl Cool of the motor pool) because he and another Marine were dickin' around with a 45.
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Lost a good friend from the neighborhood in a similar situation ...
Randy was National Guard, MP, overseas during the first Gulf war in '91.
He and a fellow MP were sitting cleaning their rifles. The other guy had not cleared his weapon.
Randy took a round to the head. Days shy of 21

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Maybe it's even sadder to die of a mishap. At least a combat death carries some honor but an accident, screw up, mistake or, "friendly fire" leaves an awful memory. If you go to the "Virtual Wall" site you can see the "profile" of a service death. I was looking through my friends and didn't realize that Denny Dale was lost to "friendly fire". Even though he's still a fallen hero it seems more tragic. J.O'.
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Remembering 2 grandfathers, Mexico and WW I, Father from Korea era but not deployed overseas, a brother Vietnam era served aboard the USS Constellation.
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A friend of mine from junior high and high school, Raul Moncada, was at one point honored for being the youngest Marine on active duty. He later went into the Army, and sometime during my enlistment, was killed in Iraq. RIP Raul and all who made the ultimate sacrifice.
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Thank you veterans, and especially those not here to read this. The pastor at our church is retired career army and a veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan. This was printed in our Order of Service bulletin today. The congregation stood and read it aloud in unison.
On this Sunday before Memorial Day we remember, and we pray for our service members who laid down their lives for their friends and fellow citizens.
We remember and we pray for those who put the health and well-being of others before their own.
We remember and we pray for those who did not lay down their lives, but who suffer physically, emotionally, or mentally, and need healing.
We remember and we pray for those families who are grieving.
We remember and we pray for those service members and military family members who need our ongoing support and care.
We remember and we pray for our leaders to honor our service members, and all of us, by leading with wisdom and restraint.
We remember and we pray for the example of Jesus Christ to be the vision of service for all, whoever we are and wherever we are.
We long for and we pray for a world filled with peace, where we no longer need to lay down our lives for our friends and fellow man.
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Forged on the anvil of discipline.
The Few. The Proud.
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This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.

"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
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WALKING FREE

Think of all those fallen soldiers when their hour at last was spent.
How they died in grim rebuke in the land where they were sent.
Their families cling to dreams and reach for shadows passing,
Hoping once again to hear their sons and daughters laughing.
No, sadness reigns now in the breast of those who lost so much.
There will be no light refrain, no embrace, no loving touch.
They're remembered in the fields of bright and shining crosses,
And here at home with aching hearts as we count our losses.
The days are gone when they walked free to choose their path and way,
But not for you and me on this Memorial day.
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Nice one Joe. Did you write that? Excellent. J.O'.
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Ridgegrass wrote: Mon May 30, 2022 7:04 pm Nice one Joe. Did you write that? Excellent. J.O'.
Thank you, J.O'.
Yes, I did.
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A solemn day of remembrance ::pray:: ::pray:: Thank you Veterans ::handshake:: ::handshake:: ::handshake:: ::handshake:: ::handshake:: ::handshake:: ::handshake::….
Joe that was great 😌
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Great words, both the excerpt from the order of service bulletin and FRJ!
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Thank you for the kind comments.
Much appreciated.
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Please remember the Veterans and their families over this 2023 Memorial Day weekend.
So many have given so much . Enjoy your holiday weekend out there ::handshake::
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When I was a kid in Southern Illinois we called it "Decoration Day" because that's when most everyone took flowers to the graveyard to put on the graves of loved ones. I don't know how many still do that.
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For my childhood friends and playmates who died in, or as a result of the Vietnam war:
Tommy Ball, Denny Dale, Emmett George, Curtis Harmon, Donny Lorber, Mike Muller, Michael Orash, and my namesakes, Marine Lt. John Michael O"Dell whom I did not know. May God keep them and all our fallen heroes. J.O'. 198th L.I.B., Americal Div. '67-'68
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To all that served to bring freedom to my life I thank you with all that I have and believe and practice every day that freedom isn’t free. I am beyond grateful for the sacrifices made of every magnitude. I’m proud to be an American.
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John 15:13
"Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends."

Memorial Day honors the brave men and women who have sacrificed their lives for the cause of our freedom, our democracy and defended the lives of those around the world that have had freedom taken from them. It is a day to reflect on their sacrifice and to honor their memory with gratitude.

Let us remember and honor those we lost in battle, while we live on in freedom because of their sacrifices.

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Words cannot express how thankful I am for all of our veterans. All gave some,some gave all. 🇺🇸 ::pray::
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Someone once said, "For those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know."
That doesn't mean that those who have not fought cannot appreciate the sacrifice of others. It means that those who fought have a different understanding of the price that was paid because they were often witness to the transaction.

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Nor rockets and bombs that fall from above.
It lies in the fact of the cruel abduction,
Of the hearts and the minds of the men that we love."
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orvet wrote: Sun May 28, 2023 1:11 am Someone once said, "For those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know."
That doesn't mean that those who have not fought cannot appreciate the sacrifice of others. It means that those who fought have a different understanding of the price that was paid because they were often witness to the transaction.

"The horror of war is not death and destruction,
Nor rockets and bombs that fall from above.
It lies in the fact of the cruel abduction,
Of the hearts and the minds of the men that we love."
-Dale Vincent

God Bless America, God bless our troops and God bless our constitution. May all three of them endure and be protected by Almighty God!
Dale, you have a way with words that really hits home . Thanks for sharing .
Here’s a few pics of today’s unveiling of the Army Special Operator . It was sculpted in Bronze by an artist from Colorado. It’s our 4 th statue in a series of 14 covering all theaters and conflicts. Made possible by local donations. Also a pic of one of the local cemeteries that we visited. So many flags so many Veterans . Sure felt humbled today. So many gave All !
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jerryd6818 wrote: Sat May 27, 2023 11:11 am When I was a kid in Southern Illinois we called it "Decoration Day" because that's when most everyone took flowers to the graveyard to put on the graves of loved ones. I don't know how many still do that.
That was a tradition too, in Spokane, when I was a kid. Decoration Day. I hated it.
From six years on for several years we would go and find my dads grave. I never went back.
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