HiTech Posted May 27, 2019 Report Share Posted May 27, 2019 (edited) I just watched the last 10 minutes on fox news of some of our finest heros. …...even at my young age of 63 I still learn something in a different perspective .those men taught me to enjoy this memorial not in sadness .but in celebration of the freedom we at times take for granted .go out with the family or friends and bbq party hardy what ever you enjoy .but just take in memory just one vet you knew or find ones name who gave their life for you and honor them with thanks .. the Red white and Blue flag isnt just stars and stripes and looks good flying in the wind it isnt just to show we are America …. its much more then that . Edited May 27, 2019 by HiTech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budman Posted May 27, 2019 Report Share Posted May 27, 2019 (edited) HI HT. Thanks for posting. The one vet I honor most, of course is my dad, who served with the Army 7th Infantry Division during the Okinawa campaign in WWII. He would never talk much about his combat experiences. I think he witnessed too many horrible things in battle to even want to recall them. I would just pick up little bits and pieces of his time there, over our many years together.. One of the things he told me is kind of interesting. At some point, he was told to turn in his M-1. He was told "you're a pretty big guy, we're going to issue you a BAR. I once asked him about shooting that thing in combat. He paused a few seconds, then told me " Naw, I mostly just scared 'um with it." Here's a fun video. Take a look and turn up your sound REAL LOUD ! Edited May 27, 2019 by Budman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiTech Posted May 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2019 FUN VIDEO ..MY DAD served on a destroyer .his brother was on an carrier .he came home and found out two years earlier after spending a week on shore with his brother was killed ..that was all he mentioned ever ,,he would not talk about the war and we never pushed him .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickHolt Posted May 27, 2019 Report Share Posted May 27, 2019 I have a hard time on Memorial Day. Some of us went overseas and we came back. Others, including some I trained with and went to high school with, came back in a body bag. Those of us who returned home have had to deal with the unspoken guilt we felt, whether we admitted it or not, for coming home when they didn't. So I don't say "Happy Memorial Day," because to many veterans, as well as the loved ones of those who did not return home, it's not a "happy" day, but rather a day to honor the sacrifice others have made on our behalf. Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.j.&s.racing Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 god bless America!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budman Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 Thanks again guys for posting. I want to back track to my previous posting. When I asked my dad about firing the BAR in combat I was just a kid, probably 10 or 12 years old. I've always remembered his response. Only later when I was an adult did I come to understand what he was REALLY telling me. That being …. "You don't EVER want to know what it's like to fire one of those things at another human being." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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