2018—HEAD ON COLLISION Part 4c Memorial Day Postscript
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The fact of the matter is this: After many futile attempts, I could not figure out how to add my thoughts to yesterday's post, which offered up a famous photo of victorious Marines planting The Red, White and Blue, suggesting why today's postscript expresses a heartfelt salute to all veterans, who, having called the USA home, heeded the call of duty by mustering the courage to run head on into battle, giving up life or limb or inner peace in hopes of maintaining their loved ones’ right to liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and imperfect as human beings are known to be, countless Americans look to emulate the compassionate attitude of the lady in the harbor, whose flaming torch reminds our nation’s citizenry (of whom leadership is a part) to continue to welcome the downtrodden who long to live and thrive in peace as did our forefathers whose hopes to better their families' lives provided current generations with reason to feel grateful upon awakening, day in and day out, to inhale an expansive sense of personal freedom so as to inspire today's troops to serve the greater good of children and adults, here at home and around the world, as well. And thus do we, who rise, day after day, feeling safe and sound having slept in the comfort of our own beds, acknowledge heartfelt need to revere all of you, who have made the ultimate sacrifice so that our children continue to reap the rewards of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and for those priceless gifts do we appreciate your sacrifice of life or limb or inner peace reverentially—not only on Memorial Day but every day throughout the year. (As you scroll down through the photos below, please continue to scroll PAST ALL of the bookshelves that make up the entire BOOKCASE so as to view additional photos, which will continue to appear until you can’t scroll down, anymore, at all. If you pause momentarily upon each photo, a brief memorial will also appear, though that will not be true of the first photo showing a train, filled with children, whose parents had mustered the courage to evacuate their precious offspring in hopes of heightening their chances of surviving the unspeakable horrors that befall those who remain to fight for freedom at any cost ...)
Nearly two million children were evacuated from their homes at the start of World WarTwo; children had to endure rationing, gas mask lessons, living with strangers etc. Children accounted for one in ten of the deaths during the Blitz of London from 1940 to 1941. ... 'Operation Pied Piper' was a huge undertaking ...
Soldiers from the Brigade Combat Team, Airborne Division, mourn for their fallen comrades during a memorial service at Forward Operating Base Joyce in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar Province. (US Army photo by SFC Mark Burrell)
Norman Schwarzkopf: 10 Quotes on Leadership and War
( 22 August 1934 – 27 December also known as H. Norman Schwarzkopf, was a United States Army general. While serving as Commander-in-Chief, United States Central Command, he led all coalition forces in the Persian Gulf War.
Top US Commander In Afghanistan: "I Am Short A Few Thousand Troops" / ME: It's working just fine the streets of the world are flooded with cheap heroin!
SGT Leigh Ann Hester: Hester enlisted in the U. Army in April & is the first female Army soldier to receive the Silver Star for exceptional valor since World War II. She repelled at least 30 insurgents when her convoy was ambushed.
US Soldiers Scanning Desert Horizon in Desert Storm Gulf War
PS Hopefully you scrolled down yesterday's post until the photo I’d googled appeared. You see, just as I’d worked creatively to no avail to add my thoughts to that post, in no way was I able to change the layout for the better. On the other hand, once hearts connect so as to embrace the concept of Tikan Olam (join hands to repair the world) we will actively encourage each other to absorb the open-minded, far-sighted attitude that creates this change for the better as the future unfolds : Let's make love not war, thus transforming surviving into thriving .
Monica Brown was an 18 yr. old medic in Afghanistan when she earned the Silver Star for repeatedly risking her life on April to shield and treat wounded soldiers.
As a concussion rocks the ground a ball of smoke and flame and debris erupts into the air after a mine-clearing line charge detonates as Army combat engineers clear a section of road in the Gor Tepa region of the northern Afghanistan province of Kunduz.
GULF OF OMAN (July 13, 2013) -- The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) pulls away after completing a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3), as Shepard continues a replenishment with the guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110).
Megan McClung – KIA Dec 2006 Ramadi, Iraq – first female USMC officer killed in combat during Iraq War – also first female graduate of the U. Naval Academy KIA since school was founded in
Army PFC, Kristina Batty dons a headscarf to meet with female villagers. PFC Batty, a medic for a female engagement team with the Airborne Division, Brigade Combat Team. (Photo by SGT, Michael.
Al Taqadum (TQ) Iraq Tom Mc Guire and army heavy transport unit haul hidden jets from burial hidding place.Saddam hid Scud missiles and poison gas, jet anywhere he thought he could get away with it.we pulled artillery out of the Euphrates river also
Monica Brown was an 18 yr. old medic in Afghanistan when she earned the Silver Star for repeatedly risking her life on April to shield and treat wounded soldiers.
As a concussion rocks the ground a ball of smoke and flame and debris erupts into the air after a mine-clearing line charge detonates as Army combat engineers clear a section of road in the Gor Tepa region of the northern Afghanistan province of Kunduz.
GULF OF OMAN (July 13, 2013) -- The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) pulls away after completing a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3), as Shepard continues a replenishment with the guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110).
Megan McClung – KIA Dec 2006 Ramadi, Iraq – first female USMC officer killed in combat during Iraq War – also first female graduate of the U. Naval Academy KIA since school was founded in
Army PFC, Kristina Batty dons a headscarf to meet with female villagers. PFC Batty, a medic for a female engagement team with the Airborne Division, Brigade Combat Team. (Photo by SGT, Michael.
Al Taqadum (TQ) Iraq Tom Mc Guire and army heavy transport unit haul hidden jets from burial hidding place.Saddam hid Scud missiles and poison gas, jet anywhere he thought he could get away with it.we pulled artillery out of the Euphrates river also
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