Dorian Lasseter Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (May 25 in 2009). Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in the military service. First enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War (it is celebrated near the day of reunification after the civil war), it was expanded after World War I to include American casualties of any war or military action. I salute You! Truly, D. Lasseter Captain, The Lucy Propria Virtute Audax --- In Hoc Signo Vinces Ni Feidir An Dubh A Chur Ina Bhan Air "If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me." Deuteronomy 32:41 Envy and its evil twin - It crept in bed with slander - Idiots they gave advice - But Sloth it gave no answer - Anger kills the human soul - With butter tales of Lust - While Pavlov's Dogs keep chewin' - On the legs they never trust... The Seven Deadly Sins http://www.colonialnavy.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Brand Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Here, here. And as we have service men and women who are members of our fine Pub and Pyracy community, the holiday strikes close to home. May we see another year without any friends or family lost. Raise a glass to the fallen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjohn Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 To my Great Uncle Chester... Chester Glass Private First Class, U.S. Army Service # 33066302 550th Airborne Infantry Battalion Entered the Service from: Maryland Died: 4-Jan-45 Buried at: Plot F Row 6 Grave 22 Luxembourg American Cemetery Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Awards: Bronze Star, Purple Heart ... wish I could have known ya. Likewise, my dad's brother Uncle Frank... Franklin James Macek Baltimore, Maryland Born October 14, 1932 Corporal, U.S. Army Service Number 13333320 Killed in Action Died June 4, 1951 in Korea Corporal Macek was a member of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was seriously wounded by the enemy near the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea on November 30, 1950 and returned to duty on December 12, 1950. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on June 4, 1951. Corporal Macek was awarded the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal. My Home on the Web The Pirate Brethren Gallery Dreams are the glue that holds reality together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callenish gunner Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 In Memorial to three of my uncles Liam MacChessney Sgt. Maj. 51st Highland Division, Densil MacChessney Sgt. 51st Highlanders, Cpl. Joshua MacChessney 51st highlanders All lost when England left them to fight the 4 divisions of Nazi's at Battle for St Valéry-en-Caux, Normandy All three Brothers were lost when, outnumbered and surrounded with their backs to the sea, Sgt Maj. MacChhessney lead his forces in a charge against a Panzer division and two divisions of German infantry in a valliant charge with little more than claymores to provide the remainder of the division time to regroup before surrender to spend the next 5 years as prisoners of war. Here's a jar for the uncles I never got to know and the Widows they left behind who raised me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyBarbossa Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 My Uncle Robert "Bobby" Harvey. Lance Corporal in the Marines. Died from wounds suffered during VietNam. He's buried next to my grandparents, mainly my grandma who recently passed away at the end of September '08. But still, I do honor both my grandfathers on this day as well. Both of which whom fought in WW2 and lived to ripe old ages. ~Lady B Tempt Fate! an' toss 't all t' Hell!" "I'm completely innocent of whatever crime I've committed." The one, the only,... the infamous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjohn Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Right you are. I fondly remember all of my great uncles who made it back from WWII. What an interesting cast of characters. All gone now. Gone but not forgotten. My Home on the Web The Pirate Brethren Gallery Dreams are the glue that holds reality together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjohn Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 In Memorial to three of my uncles... My hats off to them... My Home on the Web The Pirate Brethren Gallery Dreams are the glue that holds reality together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Sterling Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 We don't wait for one day a year, but take the chance to say thank you to the folks that keep us safe every time it comes up... still heartfelt thanks always to all that have been willing to take the risk or make the sacrifice including my Dad, and all my brothers... "I being shot through the left cheek, the bullet striking away great part of my upper jaw, and several teeth which dropt down the deck where I fell... I was forced to write what I would say to prevent the loss of blood, and because of the pain I suffered by speaking."~ Woodes Rogers Crewe of the Archangel http://jcsterlingcptarchang.wix.com/creweofthearchangel# http://creweofthearchangel.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyBarbossa Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Oh, most true, Sterling. Oh, most true. ~Lady B Tempt Fate! an' toss 't all t' Hell!" "I'm completely innocent of whatever crime I've committed." The one, the only,... the infamous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capn Bob Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 My father did his Vietnam service in the 56th Trans Co...Find em, Fix 'em, Fly 'em, 1964-65. Luckily, he came back home, altho the VC conducted a mortar attack on the airport as he was leaving. He got a scratch on his hand from a shell fragment for which the Army would have given him a Purple Heart, but he turned it down...the wound didn't merit the award, in his opinion. So a salute to SFC Robert J. Curtis, WW2, Korea, Vietnam...24 years of serving his country. I was and am proud of him, and told him so. Damn, thats sharp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Bess Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Speaking as a Navy Brat..... (Ship Ahoy!) My Dad put the flag up on every Holiday that Honored it. Now that he has passed.... I do it for him. Every Holiday that Honors the Men and Women who served it I run up his flag. Only... it's in front of my house now. Well, you may not realize it but your looking at the remains of what was once a very handsome woman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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