Memorial Day: Remembering those lost

[ghitch75]

Sylvain thank you and your country for the great respect you have shown for our fallen......

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Sitting on the porch with a cigar, glass of Lagavulin 16, behind my flag... Looking through the Twitter feeds of people posting their friends and family that served.

Happy Memorial Day. Definitely a beautiful day for it.

 

[88E30M50]

My uncle was in the 47th Regiment of the 9th Division. I don't know much of his military record beyond a basic unit history and date that he fell. His younger brother showed me some of his personal things that he had on him when he fell and also related the story about the earlier battle.

 

[red_zr24x4]

Great pics as always Sylvain, Thank you for taking the time to post them.

 

[snorko]

Great Grandfather Anton Horvath. Emigrated from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, joined the cavalry cause he missed horses and felt a debt to his new homeland. Served at Ft Riley, KS

 

[Sylvain]

I love this quote.

Like all other overseas American cemeteries in France for World War I and II, France has granted the United States a special, perpetual concession to the land occupied by the cemetery, free of any charge or any tax.

 

[Sylvain]

 

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[Sylvain]

Omaha Beach on the right.

 

[Sylvain]

French 5th graders learning about the American flag.

 

[freekforge]

We lost my cousin in '05. Its hard to stay professional when i look over and see my family crying at the memorial day ceremonies.

 

[Sylvain]

 

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[hog slayer]

French 5th graders learning about the American flag.

THAT is AWESOME!

 

[Sylvain]

That plaque says:

On this monument are engraved the names of American soldiers who having given their lives to their country are now resting in unknown places.


Not all soldiers killed in action were found so most cemeteries have a wall filled with names of soldiers that couldn't be properly burried.
I guess some of those soldiers could also be burried in that same cemetery under "unknown soldier" graves.
They just couldn't match a name with a body.

Here is a similar plaque in another cemetery, in English this time.

 

[Bennettjh]

Sylvain thank you and your country for the great respect you have shown for our fallen......

That's very kind of your country.

 

[Sylvain]

Let's not forget the Rangers ...
Pointe du Hoc memorial.

President Reagan gave a speech in front of that monument.

 

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[Sylvain]

I found those two pictures interesting.
One is from 1948, the other from the 2000's.
Looks like the same boy.