DURING THIS DAY OF REMEMBERING OUR FALLEN HEROS , I WANT TO REMEMBER SEVERAL VERY SPECIAL TO ME… FIRST IS MY DAD WHO SERVED IN THE PACIFIC , AN UNCLE WHO ALSO SERVED IN THE PACIFIC , TWO UNCLES THAT SERVED IN EUROPE AND ONE UNCLE THAT SERVED IN KOREA… BUT I ALSO WANT TO REMEMBER TWO VETS THAT I WILL CALL MY BROTHERS ;;; CRACKER LARRY AND EASY, THEY ARN’T MY BROTHERS IN BLOOD; NO ;OUR BOND GOES DEEPER THAN BLOOD FAMILY IT GOES TO THE SOUL OF WHAT MAKES THIS COUNTRY SO GREAT AND FOR WHAT IT TAKES TO KEEP IT FREE… ALL OF THE ABOVE ARE GONE NOW BUT ONLY IN BODY NEVER IN SPIRIT !!! RIP TO THE ONES GONE , THANKS TO ALL STILL HERE . THE SACRIFICES MADE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN…
George McDonald
US Navy Seabees,Retired,
MAD, Charleston Chapter
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When you see “Old Glory” waving in the breeze, know that it is the dying breaths of our fallen hero’s that makes it wave.
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