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William Hardy

05-25-13, 04:15 PM

A big thank you to all who have served, but a special post for my brothers in arms....

Fallen Brothers from:
Platoon 173, Parris Island, May15 - July 7, 1967
Died in combat in RVN not long after we parted ways after bootcamp....

PFC J.W. EMMONS
LCPL F.R. SIMMONS
PVT T. HILL
PFC B.L. MURPHY
CPL J.L. HALL

and to Cpl. J. Mays who pasted away not long ago.

I remember you and honor your memory on this day,

and to my other brothers who were in Platoon 173, and those I served with during my years in the Corps.

Semper Fi my brothers....

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

If any of the readers know of anyone else who has passed from our Platoon, please notify me.

Bruce59

05-25-13, 05:36 PM

ARLINGTON CEMETERY - A few hours after dawn's early light, when the grass is still wet from the morning dew - A brother is laid to rest..
Two buglers play "Echo Taps". The music seems to touch one's soul as it melancholy sound reaches out across the cemetery - like the rings in water after a stone as been thrown in - past head stones that have heard it a thousand times before. Yet they seem to weep from its vibrations as it passes by, as the wind gathers it up, and sends it out of the cemetery - past the tomb of the Unknowns - who know its melody all too well.
The wind softly moves it down to The Wall, where it lingers, slowly moving through the crowd of people gathered there. Gently it touches each name on its journey down the Wall - `til it gets to the last name - from the last day.
Its journey now complete, it slowly dissipates - leaving in its wake a feeling that you have been touched by a kind of grace, now buried deep inside your heart.
Its melody lingers long after the music's last notes - like the cries of angels, never-to-be-forgotten...

©2001 - TAPS Bruce Knipp

Kegler300

05-25-13, 05:48 PM

I still think about my friend, Sgt Val Lewis, who was murdered in Beirut in 1983 almost everyday.

Rocky C

05-25-13, 06:15 PM

As we stand here looking
At the flags upon these graves
Know these flags represent
A few of the true American brave.

They fought for their Country
As man has through all of time
Except that these patriots lying here
Fought for your country and mine.

As we all are gathered here
To pay them our respect
Let's pass this word to others
It's what they would expect.

I'm sure that they would do it
If it were me or you
To show we did not die in vein
But for the red, white and blue.

Let's pass on to our children
And to those who never knew
What these patriots died for
It's the least we can do.

Let's not forget their families
Great pain they had to bear
Losing a son, father or husband
They need to know we still care.

No matter which war was fought
On the day that they died
I stand here looking at these flags
Filled with American pride.

So as the bugler plays out Taps
With its sweet and eerie sound
Pray for these soldiers lying here
In this sacred, hallowed ground.

Take home with you a sense of pride
You were here Memorial Day
Celebrating the way Americans should
On this solemnest of days.

oldgeezer

05-26-13, 07:28 AM

"Lord God of hosts
Be with us yet-
Lest we forget-
Lest we forget"

Rudyard Kipling

http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr50/mrmeangenes/memorial_day_2007_74348208.jpg (http://s468.photobucket.com/user/mrmeangenes/media/memorial_day_2007_74348208.jpg.html)

ameriken

05-26-13, 10:14 AM

Every Memorial Day and Veterans Day, a local conservative radio talk show host (Mike Rosen) plays this piece dedicated to our fallen heroes. :iwo:

It is built on the theme of 'Taps'.

IL SILENZIO - Trumpet Solo (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfhpeq_il-silenzio-trumpet-solo_music) by MILTONISEJIMA (http://www.dailymotion.com/MILTONISEJIMA)

oldgeezer

05-26-13, 10:55 AM

Beautiful piece of music !

I'm passing it along to family and friends.

Thank you !

Ed Palmer

05-26-13, 04:07 PM

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_SgVzRlUg28/UaE9W_WTZTI/AAAAAAAAK_k/LQlKfcjyWOY/s1600/Presidents+in+Uniform.jpg

oldgeezer

05-26-13, 04:24 PM

I believe Harry Truman was in the Army during WWI - a Major-probably in Nat'l Guard.

oldgeezer

05-26-13, 05:53 PM

Grungyg

05-26-13, 06:44 PM

RONALD REAGAN that was a movie never served but was a good pres

Grungyg

05-26-13, 06:52 PM

iwas wrong RONALD REAGAN was a captain in the army sorry MR. REAGAN

Grungyg

05-26-13, 06:54 PM

BILL CLINTON was in the band

William Hardy

05-26-13, 09:45 PM

Starting top left: Eisenhower,Kennedy, Johnson,Ford, Carter,Reagan, and GW Bush.

As noted: Harry Truman was left out--as was George HW Bush-who was Navy torpedo plane pilot in WWII (and was shot down).

Bill Clinton, of course, managed to eel his way out of serving.

:devious:

I thought the same thing but didn't say anything. If you go back, many of the presidents had served time in the military, starting with George Washington.

<thead>
President

Service

Rank

</thead><tbody>
Barack Obama (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama)

None

None

George W. Bush (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush)

Texas Air National Guard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Air_National_Guard)

First Lieutenant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Lieutenant)

Bill Clinton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton)

None

None

George H. W. Bush (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush)

United States Naval Reserve (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Naval_Reserve)

Lieutenant

Ronald Reagan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan)

United States Army Reserve (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve), United States Army Air Corps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Corps)

Captain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_(U.S._Army))

Jimmy Carter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter)

United States Navy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy)

Lieutenant

Gerald Ford (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford)

United States Naval Reserve (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Naval_Reserve)

Lieutenant Commander (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_commander_(United_States))

Richard Nixon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon)

United States Naval Reserve (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Naval_Reserve)

Commander (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander)

Lyndon B. Johnson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson)

United States Naval Reserve (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Naval_Reserve)

Commander (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander)[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States_by_militar y_service#cite_note-1)

John F. Kennedy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy)

United States Navy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy)

Lieutenant

Dwight D. Eisenhower (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower)

United States Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army)

General of the Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_of_the_Army)

Harry S. Truman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman)[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States_by_militar y_service#cite_note-TrumanLibrary-2)

Missouri National Guard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_National_Guard)
United States Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army), United States Army Reserve (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve)

Colonel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_(United_States))

Franklin D. Roosevelt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt)

None

None

Herbert Hoover (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover)

None

None

Calvin Coolidge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge)

None

None

Warren G. Harding (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_G._Harding)

None

None

Woodrow Wilson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson)

None

None

William Howard Taft (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Howard_Taft)

None

None

Theodore Roosevelt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt)

United States Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army)

Colonel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_(United_States))

William McKinley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McKinley)

United States Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army)

Brevet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brevet_(military)) Major

Benjamin Harrison (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison)

United States Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army)

Brigadier General (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigadier_General)

Grover Cleveland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland)

None

None

Chester A. Arthur (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_A._Arthur)

New York State Militia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Militia)

Brigadier General (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigadier_General)

James Garfield (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Garfield)

United States Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army)

Major General (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_General)

Rutherford B. Hayes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes)

United States Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army)

Major General (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_General)

Ulysses S. Grant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant)

United States Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army)

General of the Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_of_the_Army_(United_States))

Andrew Johnson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Johnson)

United States Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army)

Brigadier General (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigadier_General)

Abraham Lincoln (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln)

Illinois State Militia

Captain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_(U.S._Army))

James Buchanan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Buchanan)

Pennsylvania State Militia

Private (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_(rank))

Franklin Pierce (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce)

United States Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army)

Brigadier General (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigadier_General)

Millard Fillmore (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millard_Fillmore)

New York State Militia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Militia)

Major (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_(United_States))

Zachary Taylor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachary_Taylor)

United States Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army)

Major General (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_General)

James K. Polk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_K._Polk)

Tennessee State Militia

Colonel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_(United_States))

John Tyler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tyler)

United States Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army)

Captain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_(U.S._Army))

William Henry Harrison (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison)

United States Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army)

Major General (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_General)

Martin Van Buren (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren)

None

None

Andrew Jackson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson)

Tennessee State Militia, United States Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army)

General

John Quincy Adams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams)

None

None

James Monroe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe)

Continental Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Army)

Major

James Madison (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison)

Virginia militia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_militia)

Colonel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_(United_States))

Thomas Jefferson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson)

Virginia militia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_militia)

Colonel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_(United_States))

John Adams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams)

None

None

George Washington (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington)

Virginia militia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_militia), Virginia Regiment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Regiment),Continental Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Army)

General of the Armies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_of_the_Armies)

</tbody>

William Hardy

05-27-13, 08:56 PM

In memory of all of you that have served, especially those that survived WWII and Korea and are still around. Here's to Ray Merrell, one of our own, one of the few remaining Raiders.

To the best communicator I ever worked for, Col Ed Resnik, RIP.
The best Gunner, WO Chase.
After 40+ years, I served with many good men and women and as the names fade, I try my best to recall and write the information down.

The best years of my youth were spent with Marines like you.
Semper Fi