To this day

[Anonymous]

Today is Memorial Day. I have always been one to Honor others hardships.
Also this Sept. 11 still hurts myself even though I am in Texas.
From the retired, discharged and not forgotten of the Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard and the others that my list can go on and on.....

I Thank You!

Be safe if driving today or when going back home.

[bman36]

Hey there,
From Canada may you all have a blessed Memorial Day. To all the families who have lost loved ones, our prayers are with you. Enjoy the day off too! Later eh...Brian.

[grandpopswalt]

A GRR forum may not be the appropriate place for this message but Memorial Day is the right day.

I'm a Viet Nam era veteran (Navy). I clearly remember those days when many of our citizens turned a cold shoulder to us when they saw the uniform. We were a reminder of a national policy that had lost popular support. For the first time in our national history , we were in a no-win situation. And many questioned our reasons for being there in the first place. There are many parallels between Nam and Iraq. So let's not make the same mistakes again. Let's not turn our backs on the young men and women fighting and dying in Afganistan and Iraq today. They're just doing the job they were sent to do and they're doing it well.

If you happen to have a problem with our current foreign policy, take it up with your elected representatives, that's why we have national elections every two, four, and six years. But, don't ever give these brave kids any reason to wonder if they're risking their lives for an unappreciative nation.

Grandpopswalt

[Anonymous]

Well said Walt.

[Anonymous]

Yes from the land of Aussie we had similar problems after Vietnem they brought our troops home in the middle of the night, amidst great secrecy, and it was very wrong,

September 11 was a bad ay for USA and the rest of the world and lets not forget October 12 th, when 88 Aussies were blown up in Bali on a per capita basis it was a much worse situation for us. I have actually visited the site and have photos if anyone wants to see them more than a few Yanks and Canadians were there as well.

We do not have memorial day but instead ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corp) day when Aussies and Kiwis went ashore at Gallipoli in Turkey during WW1 and were massacred by the Turks, under German direction. The Turks are very good about it and say that our sons that fell in battle are also their sons.

The Aussie and Kiwi turn up at Gallipoli, is getting bigger and bigger every year to celebrate ANZAC Day, 25 April 1916.

Regards


Ian. Kawana etc

[RhB_HJ]

Welllllllll,

Two days ago I started reading Michael Moore's "Dude, where's my country?". Two months ago I read "Stupid white men".
Both very good books!
BTW I get the books from the library, for "Stupid white men" I was # 236 on the waiting list, for "Dude, where's my country" I was # 187.
It could be one of those Canadian phenomena, OTOH the cinema was also jam-packed for "Bowling for Columbine".
It's probably something in the air and water in the Great White North.....eh!

[grandpopswalt]

HJ,

Does that mean that our Canadian cousins tend to drive on the left side of the road or are many of you just Michael Moore fans?

Grandpopswalt

[Anonymous]

Hi guys,

Share your views on this, never forget the few; they gave their all for us - whatever the conflict and whoever the politician. I count myself as one of the lucky ones in that I have never had to fight in war. One grandfather was at Gallipoli and then the Somme and my other grandfather was in the trenches in the 1st war (that was the one to end all wars). My father was in the navy in the 2nd and landed in France on D Day + 2 to clear underwater obstructions from around the mulberry's. My effort was confined to the back streets of various towns in NW England & North Wales locking up bad ba....ds for 8 years. This weekend is a rememberance one for the fallen of D-Day, 60 years on Sunday. Unfortunately a recent poll in the UK showed that the majority of under 25's don't know what D-Day was about -sad old world.
Cheers,
Kim
[tup]

[bman36]

Kim,
Know exactly what you are saying about young'uns not knowing their history. The purpose of history for me is to avoid making the same mistakes twice. Strange phenomenon here in North America is this. I'm 38...yet todays youth would rather listen to the music I grew up with instead of today's. Yet they know nearly nothing of the years it came from. Go figure. In delivering to McDonalds I work with many teens. Get a chance to talk with many about what this "older" guy knows over them. Oddly they don't seem to care about their past. Hmmmmm.....still I instill in my children respect every chance I get. Hope and pray they will be different. Later eh...Brian.