[Elvish]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/23/mem...rpt/index.html

Very nicely done, and very moving.

From me, personally, thanks to:
My brother (new Marine)
My dad (USAF)
My granddad (WW2 Army Ranger), whom we recently buried.
My stepdad (WW2 Army)
My stepbrother (Marines)

And members of AN with military service history.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RLYtis05Hs
Day is done, gone the sun
From the lakes, from the hills, from the sky
All is well, safely rest,
God is nigh.

[suzy253]

Very nice--thank you for sharing that.

And my thanks to my Dad, US Army WWII--Pearl Harbor

[P_RN]

This is a Veteran's Day (Remembrance Day-Canada) Video Nov. 11 but it serves just as well for Memorial Day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bXGZ...eature=related

My Dad (USMC, USCG WW II) My Uncle Jimmy (died as a result of D-Day injury WW II,) My 2 BILs and MY DH (Vietnam) My GGF (WWI) My GGGF (War between the States), his brother (Spanish American War), Their uncle (Mexican rebellion), and to the millions and millions and millions of other brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, fathers, mothers and grands. At LEAST 2 minutes of silence on this Memorial Day.

[ingelein]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keraN...eature=related
Traveling Soldier


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWzWf...eature=related
In Memory of Fallen Soldiers

Brother served in Vietnam as a Corpsman, Navy
Brother in Law died last year from rare cancer related to Agent Orange exposure, Army

[barefootlady]

Dad=Army,WWII
Uncles=Navy,WWII
Uncles=Air Force,WWII
Uncles=Marines,Korea
Cousins=Army, Korea
Uncle=Navy,Viet Nam
Uncle=Air Force, Viet Nam, Reserves, total service 31 years
Cousins=Army, Viet Nam, Reserves, total service 61 years(3 cousins)
Nephew=Marines, Iraq-active
Cousin=Marines,Iraq,active

This does not count the 3 uncles who fought in WWI, the grandfathers who fought in the Civil War, or the other uncles and cousins. Together my male family members have over 200 years of service to this country. Proud, yes, grateful to live in America, yes, partriotic, you bet.

[CHATSDALE]

to al military past and present, my deepest gratitude

[VivaLasViejas]

Maternal grandfather, Army, WW I
Father, Navy, WW II and Korea
Uncle, Marines, WW II
BIL # 1, Army, Vietnam
BIL # 2, Army, Vietnam
Cousin, LCDR Marines, Vietnam
Nephew, Navy, Desert Storm
Daughter, Army, Iraq
Son-in-law, Army, Iraq

THANK YOU to all veterans~~and God bless!

[herring_RN]

Almost daily I think of my cousin, three weeks older than me, who died in Viet Nam.
His best friend, who he joined the Marines with, is a grandfather now.
He was the most cheerful and self confident of us all.

I wish I'd gotten to know my Dads brother who was shot down over Italy in WWII.
And I miss my uncle who was a Marine in WWII, many theaters. He loved us so very much. Thanks to my aunt he lived a good life in spite of undiagnosed PTSD.

And even 44 years after graduation the #1 cause of death among my high school classmates is the Viet Nam war.

Bless us all and pray for peace.

[HM2Viking]

All gave some

Some gave all.

RIP shipmates, airman, soldiers, guardsman and marines and thanks for your sacrifice.

[ingelein]

To all who died in past and present wars, may you rest in peace.