Memorial Day- Who do you remember?

[nawilson]

I have heard it said that as long as a person is remembered, they are not truly gone. On this Memorial Day, take a moment to reflect and remember. Maybe take a drink for absent comrades...

Andre Mobley, Kuwait 2001
Bill Jacobsen, Iraq 2004
Jacob Martir, Iraq 2004
Charles Warren, Iraq 2005
Jeremy Chandler, Afghanistan 2005
Kevin Jenrette, Afghanistan 2009
John Blair, Afghanistan 2009

Some were friends, and some I knew only in the passing way common among Soldiers.

 

[Muley Gil]

http://smith-wessonforum.com/lounge/318621-rip-william-bill-winter-usmc.html

 

[BrainOnSigs]

Captain Kurt Lloyd Kuhns Sr made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.

Birth: Nov. 15, 1940
Death: Sep. 8, 1967, Vietnam

United States Army Captain. He was killed in action aboard a MEDEVAC helicopter he piloted.

Thank you Uncle Kurt. I still remember when we heard the news.

Citadel grad. Interred at Arlington National Cemetery.

RIP warrior.

 

[CALREB]

Honor to All, Thanks

I thank everyone who serves or has served our country on this day.
But especially my Dad , USN 1941-1961, miss you ,
I had this made for him years ago, and finally inherited it, this year from my step mother. Bob

 

[Silver Dollar]

I've been lucky that I've never had a relative or a comrade lost in battle. I do remember a kid who used to live in my old neighborhood in NYC who died in Viet Nam. His name was A.J Panzarella.

 

[doc540]

I'll remember to share a beer with him today.

Age 91

B-17 pilot

Dad

 

[wyo-man]

My Dad and his 5 brothers were in WWII at the same time.
One, August, did not return. I have a nephew named for him.

wyo-man

 

[Doug627]

My father, Howard Boatright, who served in the Korean War. He was one of the first G.I's to survive hemorrhagic fever. He told me he was taken to Japan and had his blood milked for antibodies and then was shipped back to fight again. He didn't talk much about the war. Some of what he did say made my hair stand on end and made me cry. He was a good man. If I am half the man he was, I would say I have been a success in life.

 

[rootbrain]

I'm right now sitting in a critical care unit at Swedish. My good friend Irish (my nickname for him, because he is) has been here since Saturday 4pm. Suv ran a red and took him down from his bike. Very bad, still hour to hour.

Vietnam. Combat vet 3 tours.
Ex-LEO
Wife and 2 grown daughters, 2 brothers 1 sister.

I'm remembering lots of stuff. :what::banghead::thumbdown:

Rootbrain

 

[Maddog 521]

My cousin,Larry Lester Techmier US Army.
He was killed in Vietnam.
My grandson and I went to the shooting range in Mineral Wells Texas today. On the way home we stopped at the Memorial in MW and looked up his name on the Wall they have there.
My grandson and I had a very long talk about Larry and all of the others on that wall. It was nice to spend time with my grandson on this day of remembrance.

 

[w-30dreamin]

I remember our fallen soldiers every day of my life.
I am very thankful to those that have given all.
I am very thankful to those who give some.

rest in peace my friend
William J Pfautz US Army

 

[cmort666]

The two survivors of the Bataan Death March that I met at Ft. Knox, one of them on my last day of active duty in 1984.

 

[DR505]

LT Kara Spears Hultgreen, USN (1965-1994)
Info about LT Hultgreen
Killed while doing carrier quals in the F-14.


LT Brian D. "Moose" Sweeney, USN (8/10/63 - 9/11/01)
Info about LT Sweeney
Killed on United Airlines Flight 175 when it struck the south tower of the WTC.

 

[DaGOOSExyz]

My Dad and my Uncle served in WW2. Thankfully both came home.

I had several friends who went to Vietnam and returned safely.

Charles Tannehill, Marine sargent died in Vietnam.

James "Skippy" Nard died in Vietnam. Guys I knew who gave all.

I thank all the soldiers, nurses, etc. who contributed to keeping
our country free. Both those in the past and those serving now.

 

[carpriver]

I remember the men I server with in Viet Nam that did not come home, I remember those that did come home and could not bear the remembrances' of war. I remember my friends who lost their lives in peace time accidents. In think about my grandfathers brother killed in the civil war, he was 14 years old. I think about my grandfather youngest brother killed on 11/11/1918 hours before the WWI ended, My uncle Joe that died on D-Day.

I burn torch on Memorial Day in remembrance of those who give their all so that the United States could be free.

Rough men stand guard so that you can sleep peacefully at night.

 

[JayCeeNC]

SSgt. Gerald Coyle, USAF, KIA 14 May, 1975, Mayaguez Rescue
SFC Matt Rierson, USA, KIA October, 1993, Somalia
Curtis "Sparky" Hundley, Blackwater, KIA April, 2005, Iraq
Rod "K2" Richardson, Falcon Group, KIA 4 October, 2006, Iraq
SGT Elijah Rao, USA, KIA 5 December 2009, Afghanistan

Warriors, every damn one of 'em.

~RIP~

 

[turnerriver]

I called my dad today to thank him for his service. He served in New Guinea, the Phillipines and occupied Japan during WW II. He worked in the prison in Tokyo where war criminals were held-he watched Tojo being deloused in the prison yard and talked with Tokyo Rose on more than one occasion.
I always remember Duff Matson-the toughest man I've ever known, a paratrooper in WW II who served as a general's bodyguard and gave me my first Smith & Wesson revolver when I was 16.
My humble and heartfelt thanks to all of you who served as well.
Respectfully,
turnerriver

 

[30-30remchester]

Father-in-law WWII 15th Army Air Corp B-17 ball turret gunner 51 missions .Uncle WWII 200th costal artillery Batann Death March survivor. Uncle WWII combat engineer with Patton. Uncle WWII Pacific submariner.

 

[moosedog]

My father who was a WWII Navy vet and two of my older neighborhood friends who were killed in Vietnam.
God Bless them all.

 

[Biginge]

I remember my Grandfather, George Willis Pryor, USMC WWI. He gave me my first gun at age 8, a Winchester 74 .22 auto. Still have it to this day.

I remember my Father, passed away in 1993. William Park Heineman, Captain U.S. Army. He served in WWII in the Phillipines and New Guinea. He never talked much about the war but was a truly great man. I remember these two and miss them greatly.

I also give "Thanks" for all those who gave so much for our country.