My fellow Veterans.......roll call.

[Johnny_Ray_Wilson]

Dear Veterans,

My flag is at half-mast this Memorial Day.

This day is for our fallen comrades. Both those we served with and those we never met. Before, during, and after our time. This day belongs to the fallen. All gave some; some gave all.

Those brave, unselfish men and women fought for us and with us. We must forever carry them in our hearts and minds. We must never forget them. We must mourn because they are gone and rejoice because we are alive. They would want us to.

Those who died in battle paid the ultimate sacrifice knowing Freedom is never free. We must continue to be free. We must continue to be willing to make the same sacrifice as they did. We must pray for the souls that never came home. Do not let their deaths be in vain.

Tonight, when the sun goes down, remember their song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19yjoUfbZtw&feature=related

Taps​

Day is done, gone the sun, From the hills, from the lake, from the skies. All is well, safely rest, God is nigh. Go to sleep, peaceful sleep, May the soldier or sailor, our God keep. On the land or the deep, Safe in sleep. Love, good night, must thou go, When the day, and the night need thee so? All is well. Speedeth all To their rest. Fades the light; and afar, Goeth day, and the stars shineth bright, Fare thee well; day has gone, Night is on. Thanks and praise, for our days, ’Neath the sun, ’neath the stars, ’neath the sky, As we go, this we know, God is nigh.

Live well for the fallen.

 

[primebreeder]

Live Well for the Fallen is a jolly good idea to live up to.

I was in the British Army and our day to remember old comrades is Rememberance Sunday. The Sunday nearest the 11th November.

Anyway all the best.

Regards

Paul

 

[Frizzle_Fry]

KA'PLAH!!

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ppu4ylHZzHc/TWJc3E1EB5I/AAAAAAAAAI4/cbDz3YT7HbA/s1600/Worf_Klingon_uniform.jpg

Today IS a good day to die....and the day is not yet over!

All my geek rage aside I really do love the warrior ethos portrayed by the Klingon culture in Star Trek. It reminds me very much of my time in the Infantry. None of us wanted to get greased in an IED, if we were going to eat it we all wanted to do it on our feet and as cheesy as it sounds we really did take the whole "Death Before Dishonor" bit serious a fucking heart attack. It was my absolute pleasure and I feel completely honored to have stood shoulder to shoulder with such honorable comrades. It's a shame that in most cases it was their honor and nobility that got them killed, we could use more of those qualities in our world.

Sua Sponte, Prognatus Neco

He was just a rookie trooper and he surely shook with fright,
He checked off his equipment and made sure his pack was tight;
He had to sit and listen to those awful engines roar,
"You ain't gonna jump no more!"
(CHORUS)
Gory, gory, what a terrible way to die,
With your rifle in your right hand as you're falling through the sky.
Gory, gory, what a terrible way to die,
And he ain't gonna jump no more!
"Is everybody happy?" cried the Sergeant looking up,
Our Hero feebly answered "Yes," and then they stood him up;
He jumped into the icy blast, his static line unhooked,
And he ain't gonna jump no more.
(CHORUS)
He counted long, he counted loud, he waited for the shock,
He felt the wind, he felt the cold, he felt the awful drop,
The silk from his reserve spilled out and wrapped around his legs,
And he ain't gonna jump no more.
(CHORUS)
The risers wrapped around his neck, connectors cracked his dome,
Suspension lines were tied in knots around his skinny bones;
The canopy became his shroud; he hurtled to the ground.
And he ain't gonna jump no more.
(CHORUS)
The days he'd lived and loved and laughed kept running through his mind,
He thought about the girl back home, the one he'd left behind;
He thought about the medicos, and wondered what they'd find,
And he ain't gonna jump no more.
(CHORUS)
The ambulance was on the spot, the jeeps were running wild,
The medics jumped and screamed with glee, rolled up their sleeves and smiled,
For it had been a week or more since last a 'chute had failed,
And he ain't gonna jump no more.
(CHORUS)
He hit the ground, the sound was "SPLAT", his blood went spurting high;
His comrades, they were heard to say "A hell of a way to die!"
He lay there, rolling 'round in the welter of his gore,
And he ain't gonna jump no more.
(CHORUS)
(slowly, solemnly; about half the speed of the other verses)
There was blood upon the risers, there were brains upon the chute,
Intestines were a-dangling from his paratrooper suit,
He was a mess, they picked him up and poured him from his boots,
And he ain't gonna jump no more.
Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
And he ain't gonna jump no more!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWgsdexkv18

 

[RoryN]

RoryN, present!

 

[Johnny_Ray_Wilson]

Live Well for the Fallen is a jolly good idea to live up to.

I was in the British Army and our day to remember old comrades is Rememberance Sunday. The Sunday nearest the 11th November.

Anyway all the best.

Regards

Paul

Aye! 'Live well for the fallen' was the first thought that came to mind upon awakening on Memorial Day. I paid tribute as I seen fit. I visited 2 cemeteries until I ran out of small flags.Servicemen I never knew, but wore the uniform same as I.

I take it your 'Remembrance Day' is quite special to the Brits as well as our Memorial Day is to Americans.