Sunday, May 29, 2022

Lest We Forget ...

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Yes, this is a rerun, a post I did last year (and maybe before that as well). But it expresses how I feel about Memorial Day, I remember those who have gone before, I cherish their memories.


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They were people, just like you and me.

They had hopes, they had dreams, they had people who loved them.

One day they went out to do their duty...

And never came home.

Remember them, say their names...

I remember these fine men, always, but particularly at this time of year.

I knew some, I miss them all.

Captain Carroll F. LeFon, Jr.
United States Navy
Lance Corporal Kurt E. Dechen
United States Marine Corps
Major Taj Sareen
United States Marine Corps
Lieutenant Nathan T. Poloski
United States Navy
Private Robert Bain
Royal Scots Fusiliers
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Private First Class Albert J. Dentino,
United States Army

Photo courtesy of Kris in New England



When You Go Home,
Tell Them Of Us And Say, 
For Their Tomorrow, 
We gave Our Today

- John Maxwell Edmonds 





11 comments:

  1. No comment necessary. Old Guns

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  2. It is awfully dusty here...
    -Barry

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  3. Gary Arthur Holsclaw
    Lance Corporal
    B CO, 1ST BN, 9TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF
    13 February 1948 - 02 July 1967
    Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam

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    1. 02 July - Operation Buffalo. Semper Fidelis.

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  4. Hey Old AFSarge;

    Excellent Post, I remember my friends that didn't make it back and they are "still in Uniform". Forever Young as we get older, that is the burden we pay I suppose. But as long as we remember them, then they live forever.

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  5. Memories. Thank you for stirring them.

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  6. Remembering SSG Brian T Craig EOD kia AF 4/15/2002

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  7. Thank you Sarge. Been a bit dusty today.

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  8. https://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=261403

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  9. It's good that you keep their names at the forefront. I have to reach deep to remember the names of some of my fellow airwing bubbas that died in uniform. But that's more a function of my weak memory than not caring. Have a peaceful Memorial Day.

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  10. Captain James Albert Graham - 02 June 1967 - Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment

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