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    Nothing is More Important This Week Than Memorial Day.

    This is the week leading into Memorial Day. It is being observed Monday, May 26, but as always the whole weekend will be the Memorial Day weekend, which will feature parades and solemn ceremonies at military cemeteries all over the USA.

    I'm sure many people will pay no attention to the deceased men and women military members who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the PROTECTION of all of us, and our nation. For many, it will just be a weekend of fun in the sun, especially here on the Gulf Coast of Florida. I let everyone just go do as they may, but for those who really do care about the true meaning and significance of this hugely important holiday, I don't want it to go by without a memorable tribute paid to all our fallen true heroes, regardless of which war they fought in, and what politics may have been associated with it.

    Without any further ado, the following are some of the men & women whom we all owe a great debt of gratitude to. Thank you to all of them, and may they rest in peace.



    Air Force Lt. Col. Gwendolyn A. Locht, 46, of Fort Walton Beach, Florida

    Died November 16, 2010 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom ; assigned to 96th Inpatient Operations Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.; died in Houston, Texas, after having been medically evacuated from Kandahar, Afghanistan.







    Army Spc. Christian J. Chandler, 20, of Trenton, Texas

    Died April 28, 2014 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom ; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light), Fort Drum, N.Y.; died in Logar province, Afghanistan, of wounds caused by small-arms fire.





    Army Sgt. 1st Class Roberto C. Skelt, 41, of York, Florida.

    Died February 12, 2014 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom ; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.; died in Kapisa province, Afghanistan, of wounds caused by small-arms fire.





    Army Sgt. First Class William K. Lacey, 38, of Laurel Hill, Florida

    Died January 4, 2014 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom ; assigned to 201st Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Knox, Ky.; died in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when the enemy attacked his unit with rocket propelled grenades.





    Army Spc. Brittany B. Gordon, 24, of St. Petersburg, Florida

    Died October 13, 2012 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom ; assigned to 572 Military Intelligence Company, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.; died in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds caused by an improvised explosive device.





    Army Staff Sgt. Richard L. Vazquez, 28, of Seguin, Texas

    Died November 13, 2013 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom ; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.; died Nov. 13, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked with an improvised explosive device while on dismounted patrol in Panjwai, Afghanistan.

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    $#@!, I forgot it was this week. I hate Memorial Day. Hate it.
    And if we should die tonight
    Then we should all die together
    Raise a glass of wine for the last time
    Calling out father, prepare as we will
    Watch the flames burn auburn on the mountain side
    Desolation comes upon the sky..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alyosha View Post
    $#@!, I forgot it was this week. I hate Memorial Day. Hate it.
    **pats back**

    @Ethereal and @Codename Section are still here and he's somewhere better. I'm sure of it.

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    And they wanted women in combat.

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    I don't want anybody in combat. There is no person on earth worth the life of an American soldier. Let everyone fight their own damn battles.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matalese View Post
    I don't want anybody in combat. There is no person on earth worth the life of an American soldier. Let everyone fight their own damn battles.
    Amen, sister! I barely past my mid-twenties when I became a war widow so we could play border raiders with our marine's lives.
    And if we should die tonight
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matalese View Post
    I don't want anybody in combat. There is no person on earth worth the life of an American soldier. Let everyone fight their own damn battles.
    A reasonable point of view in some cases (wars). But this isn't the place for it. This thread is just for honoring those who served and died, as the OP said "regardless of which war they fought in, and what politics may have been associated with it."

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    Quote Originally Posted by protectionist View Post
    A reasonable point of view in some cases (wars). But this isn't the place for it. This thread is just for honoring those who served and died, as the OP said "regardless of which war they fought in, and what politics may have been associated with it."
    It is the perfect place for she and I to say it. We both lost husbands to wars. We honor them by fighting so that others don't die needlessly.

    When you have a triangle shaped flag in your closet and a small white marker at Arlington then you can tell us how to honor Memorial Day.
    And if we should die tonight
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    In Memoriam


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    One Nation, One Blood


    We are one nation, one blood,
    In times of sorrow, we calm each other,
    In moments of horror, we cluddle together,
    When we slip on the way, we hold each other,
    When terror strikes, we defend together,
    We are one nation, one blood.
    We shed it for each other.

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