Mike Arnold wrote 05/28/2018 07:49 AM Memorial Day #406337 - 05/28/2018 07:49 AM
Mike Arnold Webboard User Reg: 07-09-2004 Posts: 1344 Loc: CNY Offline	Memorial Day, and often we think it a holiday, and a time to celebrate. When I got out of the Army in 1968, it was a very bad year. In '68, more than16,500 died, of the 58,000 members of our armed forces who died in southeast Asia. I think about that war. Of sacrifice, of loss, of sorrow. Of the waste. And of our troops in the field today, and every day... And I have a hard time celebrating on Memorial Day. Pride, memories, sadness. And Taps. Take a moment to remember or think about those who serve. And stanzas 3 and 4 from a poem written in WW I... For The Fallen, by Laurence Binyon They went with songs to the battle, they were young, Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted; They fell with their faces to the foe. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. Mike A. "I wouldn't touch that dog, son. He don't take to pettin." Hondo, played by John Wayne
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Cheri Grissom wrote 05/28/2018 04:16 PM Re: Memorial Day [Re: Mike Arnold ] #406338 - 05/28/2018 04:16 PM
Cheri Grissom Webboard User Reg: 09-30-2010 Posts: 2609 Loc: Michigan Offline	Thank you, Mike, for your solemn and heartfelt words. I am grateful to you and the countless other men and women who have so courageously served our country.
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Connie Sutherland wrote 05/28/2018 04:44 PM Re: Memorial Day [Re: Mike Arnold ] #406340 - 05/28/2018 04:44 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	I'm grateful, too -- both for the service, Mike, and your post. Every Memorial Day I again look up this WWI poem about the fallen..https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47380/in-flanders-fields In Flanders Fields BY JOHN MCCRAE In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.
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Bob Scott wrote 05/28/2018 10:39 PM Re: Memorial Day [Re: Mike Arnold ] #406343 - 05/28/2018 10:39 PM
Bob Scott Moderator Reg: 06-14-2002 Posts: 7417 Loc: St. Louis Mo Offline	Quote: Mike Arnold Memorial Day, and often we think it a holiday, and a time to celebrate. When I got out of the Army in 1968, it was a very bad year. In '68, more than16,500 died, of the 58,000 members of our armed forces who died in southeast Asia. I think about that war. Of sacrifice, of loss, of sorrow. Of the waste. And of our troops in the field today, and every day... And I have a hard time celebrating on Memorial Day. Pride, memories, sadness. And Taps. Take a moment to remember or think about those who serve. And stanzas 3 and 4 from a poem written in WW I... For The Fallen, by Laurence Binyon They went with songs to the battle, they were young, Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted; They fell with their faces to the foe. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. Jan 1968, the Tet offensive! old dogs LOVE to learn new tricks
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Christina Stockinger wrote 05/31/2018 05:24 AM Re: Memorial Day [Re: Mike Arnold ] #406346 - 05/31/2018 05:24 AM
Christina Stockinger Webboard User Reg: 01-23-2015 Posts: 1619 Loc: Brazil, Bahia Offline	Well, I'm not American. but I do go fully with Mike. I'd have difficulties to celebrate this. But I guess that lots of Americans celebrate in the sense of honoring all the fallen soldiers, then it is something else. But I know varios people, who celebrate just because it is a celebration day not having the slightest knowledfe of the history of the Vietnamese war. A horrible and completly senseless war. “If you can keep your head when all around you are losing theirs, then you are a leader” – Rudyard Kipling
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Connie Sutherland wrote 05/27/2019 11:09 AM Re: Memorial Day [Re: Christina Stockinger ] #407537 - 05/27/2019 11:09 AM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Every Memorial Day I again look up this WWI poem about the fallen.. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47380/in-flanders-fields In Flanders Fields BY JOHN MCCRAE In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.
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Bob Scott wrote 05/27/2019 10:21 PM Re: Memorial Day [Re: Mike Arnold ] #407538 - 05/27/2019 10:21 PM
Bob Scott Moderator Reg: 06-14-2002 Posts: 7417 Loc: St. Louis Mo Offline	Beautiful poem and still very relevant ! old dogs LOVE to learn new tricks
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Cheri Grissom wrote 05/28/2019 07:00 AM Re: Memorial Day [Re: Bob Scott ] #407540 - 05/28/2019 07:00 AM
Cheri Grissom Webboard User Reg: 09-30-2010 Posts: 2609 Loc: Michigan Offline	It's difficult to find the words to express how I feel, but on Memorial Day, and every day of the year, I am grateful for, and humbled by, those men and women who have given their lives in defense of our country and it's values of freedom and democracy.
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