Memorial Day
2008
From Rick And Bobbie
We Dedicate This To All Of Those Past And Present Military Members
That Have Given The Ultimate Sacrifice In Defense Of Our Country
And To Those That Survived And Came Home
A Veteran Always Leaves Part Of His Soul
In The Combat Arena That He Has Left
ALWAYS
REMEMBER
NEVER FORGET!!
WORLD WAR ONE
World War I
Also Known As The First World War
The Great War
And The War To End All Wars
Killed 116708
Wounded 204002
Dollar Cost $33 Billion
WORLD WAR TWO
Killed 408306
Wounded 670846
Dollar Cost $360 Billion
There Are Six Flag Raisers In This Photo
Four In The Front Line And Two In The Back
The Front Four Are (Left To Right)
Ira Hayes
Franklin Sousley
John Bradley And Harlon Block
The Back Two Are Michael Strank
Behind Sousley
And Rene Gagnon
Behind Bradley
All Six Men Are True American Heroes
KOREAN WAR
Killed 54246
Wounded 103284
Dollar Cost $50 Billion
VIETNAM WAR
Killed 58219
Wounded 153356
Dollar Cost $111 Billion
This Counter Will Remain Here
Until All Of Our Missing Soldiers Are Accounted For
THE VIETNAM WAR WOMEN'S MEMORIAL
AND PLEASE DON"T FORGET WOMEN OF ALL WARS
Women Are Heroes Too
There Are Almost Two Million Women Veterans
From The American Revolution
To Panama
Bosnia
Kosovo
Afghanistan
And Iraq
Women Have Served In Some Way In Every Conflict
History Tells Us That Thirty Three Thousand Women Served In World War One
Almost Five Hundred Thousand Took Part In World War Two
During The Korean Era
One Hundred And Twenty Thousand Women Were In Uniform
And Seven Thousand Women Served During Viet Nam
During Desert Storm
Seven Per Cent Of The Total U.S. Forces Deployed Were Women
Over Forty Thousand Women
DESERT STORM/IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN WAR
On Going
The Forgotten Veteran
1 Out Of 4 Homeless Are Veterans
Why Are Poppies Associated With Memorial Day And World War 1?
Poppies Grow Wild On Flanders Field
The Large Military Cemetery In France
Many America Casualties From World War 1 Are Buried There
FLANDERS FIELDS
In Flanders Fields The Poppies Blow
Between The Crosses, Row On Row
That Mark Our Place And In The Sky
The Larks, Still Bravely Singing, Fly
Scarce Heard Amid The Guns Below
We Are The Dead
Short Days Ago
We Lived, Felt Dawn, Saw Sunset Glow
Loved And Were Loved, And Now We Lie
In Flanders Fields
Take Up Our Quarrel With The Foe
To You From Failing Hands We Throw
The Torch, Be Yours To Hold It High
If Ye Break Faith With Us Who Die
We Shall Not Sleep, Though Poppies Grow
In Flanders Fields
CopyRight
1915
John McCrae
I Am A Prostate Cancer Survivor
That Could Have Been Caused By Agent Orange Exposure
In 1998, I Met The Woman That Saved Me From Suicide
She Gave Me A Reason To Live
Living With Me Hasn't Been Easy
I Still Have My Good And Bad Days
But With Bobbie's Love I Survive
I Love You Woman
Without You I Wouldn't Be Among The Living
I Survived The 1968 Tet Offensive
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