As in previous years, I am republishing my friend Canuk's last tribute and, once again, adding a special thank you to my friends "Phantom Phixer" and "Ghost".
The comment Canuk posted provides one example of why he was a special person:
"I too "will remember your friends who never had a full life", while thanking you and your comrades who have served with pride, honesty and honour.LEST WE FORGET
Despite anyone's thoughts of the current conflict in Iraq - opposition or agreement, we must always remember that these brave young men and women are fighting for a cause they also may or may not agree with. The huge difference between them and us is that they are putting their lives on the line 24/7 while we sit in our homes in comfort, using the freedom of speech previous warriors won for us, and for that they deserve our love, respect, and support."
  Oh! you who sleep in Flanders Fields, Sleep sweet - to rise anew! We caught the torch you threw And holding high, we keep the Faith With All who died.  We cherish, too, the poppy red That grows on fields where valor led; It seems to signal to the skies That blood of heroes never dies, But lends a lustre to the red Of the flower that blooms above the dead In Flanders Fields.  And now the Torch and Poppy Red We wear in honor of our dead. Fear not that ye have died for naught; We'll teach the lesson that ye wrought In Flanders Fields. Flags courtesy of3DFlags.com |
Remember - "A day without laughter is a day wasted."
May the wind sing to you and the sun rise in your heart...
Thanks for this Corrine!
ReplyDeleteAnd a special thanks goes out to my dad who graduated from West Point on D-Day (June 6, 1944) and was flying P-38 reconnaissance missions (in an unarmed P-38!) over northern Africa and southern Europe before the year was out. He's gone now but I still honor him and all my fellow veterans who served before and since, and their families who sacrificed so much too.