Happy Memorial day, weekend

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Yes flip now!!!!

ahhhhh happy memorial day

I was celebrating the whole 3 day Memorial weekend.

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but you came way early, as usual…

You little rascal.

 

[2nd 392]

This must be common, the only thing Dad talked about was driving the Captain’s gig that he obviously considered an honor. The only other comment was when he came home while one of the old slanted pacific naval battle movies was on. After just a few minutes “Bullshit, that’s not how it happened, we got our ass kicked too !” leaving the room. Mother “200 of his shipmates were killed (in that battle ?)”

Memory flash of one more comment. After crawling under a precariously unstable Jeep on one jack for repair I asked “ doesn’t anything scare you” “Son, you’ve never known fear until you’ve had men committing suicide just to try to kill you” original crew member of a Kamikaze prime target carrier, the U.S.S. Bennington.

 

[Dgr401]

I think the most sobering event of my entire life was a visit to the US military cemetery in Normandy, France. There are 9,388 graves, 1,600 names on the Wall of the Missing and 45 pairs of brothers buried there. I was on a 32 day temporary duty assignment in Chateauroux, France. Six of us decided to take a few days and check out a few sites, one of them Normandy. On the trip back to the base it was quiet, very little talking and no laughter. I am glad the cemetery was the last stop on our journey.

 

[roaniecowpony]

I think the most sobering event of my entire life was a visit to the US military cemetery in Normandy, France. There are 9,388 graves, 1,600 names on the Wall of the Missing and 45 pairs of brothers buried there. I was on a 32 day temporary duty assignment in Chateauroux, France. Six of us decided to take a few days and check out a few sites, one of them Normandy. On the trip back to the base it was quiet, very little talking and no laughter. I am glad the cemetery was the last stop on our journey.

Very much agree. We were there in 2019. We also visited the German cemetery nearby. Even a walk along the beach there was a sobering experience. There are still bombed out huge concrete structure remnants and craters.

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