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[OEXCHAOS]

I'm remembering, with gratitude, those who gave everything for our nation and the cause of freedom.

 

[Rogerdodger]

My cousin's husband was one of those shot down & lost over the Pacific in WWII, leaving behind a young widow and a baby son.

I can't even imagine those times.

 

Another widow with children to raise was my wife's 2nd great Grandmother.

Defending Ft. Smith, Ar.

Edited by Rogerdodger, 30 May 2016 - 10:51 AM.

[OEXCHAOS]

Wow!

[goldfungus]

My cousin's husband was one of those shot down & lost over the Pacific in WWII, leaving behind a young widow and a baby son.

I can't even imagine those times.

 

Another widow with children to raise was my wife's 2nd great Grandmother.

Defending Ft. Smith, Ar.

And to my great-uncle, David Jay, a US citizen who ran away to Canada in WWII to join the RCAF because he was too young to fly for the USAAF. He ended up flying Beaufighters for the RAF and died in the mediterranean off of Malta.

Edited by goldfungus, 30 May 2016 - 01:58 PM.

[Rogerdodger]

And to my great-uncle, David Jay, a US citizen who ran away to Canada in WWII to join the RCAF because he was too young to fly for the USAAF. He ended up flying Beaufighters for the RAF and died in the mediterranean off of Malta

 

 

Each cross in "Flanders Field"  no doubt has a similar sad story.

I memorized it in grade school.

Today's generation has the luxury of being clueless:

 

"In Flanders Fields" is a war poem written during the First World War by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae. He was inspired to write it on May 3, 1915, after presiding over the funeral of friend and fellow soldier Alexis Helmer, who died in the Second Battle of Ypres.
Its references to the red poppies that grew over the graves of fallen soldiers resulted in the remembrance poppy becoming one of the world's most recognized memorial symbols for soldiers who have died in conflict. The poem and poppy are prominent Remembrance Day symbols throughout the Commonwealth of Nations, particularly in Canada, where "In Flanders Fields" is one of the nation's best-known literary works. The poem also has wide exposure in the United States, where it is associated with Memorial Day.

Edited by Rogerdodger, 30 May 2016 - 04:14 PM.

[Lysis]