To all those that served with me and didn't make it
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Our greatest appreciation to the many who gave their last full measure of devotion for us to continue the gift of freedom and liberty and pass it on to our children. Their lives paid for ours and our children's lives and their children's and beyond.
The faces of the men in the tribute below are from the Vietnam era, but they also represent any generation of courageous service to this great nation:
"We just must stop using 'I'm Italian. I'm French. I'm Spanish. I'm German.' That's what makes us enemies of each other. We're all humans. In Spain. In Germany. It's a terrible mistake that man has made. We are humans. And nothing else."
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A soldier who photographed World War II in Europe describes 6 of his photos that reveal the 'insanity of war'
After nearly 80 years and more than a half-million photos, Tony Vaccaro still vividly remembers the pictures he broke US Army rules to take.
War is so terrible. It seems to me it is necessary to stop the playground bully. Putin is shaping up to be the next along with the idiot in North Korea. I have been blessed to live my life because these people fought the bully and paid the ultimate price. John 15:13. No greater love than to lay down your life for a friend. Or someone not known to you or born yet.
My heart breaks for those that lost these loved ones. I can’t imagine the pain. I hope we get back to in person events to honor and remember these heroic citizens.
My heart breaks for those that lost these loved ones. I can’t imagine the pain. I hope we get back to in person events to honor and remember these heroic citizens.
Good article. Thanks for the link."We just must stop using 'I'm Italian. I'm French. I'm Spanish. I'm German.' That's what makes us enemies of each other. We're all humans. In Spain. In Germany. It's a terrible mistake that man has made. We are humans. And nothing else."
A soldier who photographed World War II in Europe describes 6 of his photos that reveal the 'insanity of war'
After nearly 80 years and more than a half-million photos, Tony Vaccaro still vividly remembers the pictures he broke US Army rules to take.
The point is, you see, on this Earth there is only one species, one church. Unfortunately we take this one species and create hundreds and thousands of churches, and each one is different from the next. And that's why man is not attaining peace yet."
Agree with the AMEN! 5th Battalion, 7th CAV, 1st CAV Division! Malaria X2, lead still in me and Army Commendation for Valor! Shakey's Hill, Cambodia, May, 70' !
