Different but the same. Every time I get within a mile of the "Wall" I start bawling like a baby and can't stop. Such a waste of over 50 thousand American lives and no telling how many SE Asian ones.
ken
P.S. The last time I was in UK was Poppy Day. I brought a few home.
Ken Understood all too well. It still get me everytime. Lost too many bros. I never knew them all, too many, but I DO remember the sacrifices.
My former Commander in Chief, Queen Elizabeth II is the only head of state that was serving during WWII. She was a field ambulance driver and mechanic.
A few of my childhood friends went south to enrolled in the US Army and Marines during the Vietnam war. Those that came back, were never the same :-(
War is hell, which is why old warriors never want to speak about nor like war. But we would do it all over again if we had too.
Thank you Bob!
ReplyDeleteA grateful woodbutcher.
Bob,
ReplyDeleteMsBubba is still in the UK here is a copy of the text she sent this morning from the train station in Manchester:
"Powerful moment for 11/11
Trumpet playing
Poeple standing still for rememberance day
And i am crying"
There are still civilized parts of the world.
ken
Bob,
ReplyDeleteI should add: I received it just shortly after 1100Z.
ken
Bob,
ReplyDeleteDifferent but the same. Every time I get within a mile of the "Wall" I start bawling like a baby and can't stop. Such a waste of over 50 thousand American lives and no telling how many SE Asian ones.
ken
P.S. The last time I was in UK was Poppy Day. I brought a few home.
Thanks Wood butcher, appreciated
ReplyDeleteBob
Ken
ReplyDeleteUnderstood all too well. It still get me everytime. Lost too many bros. I never knew them all, too many, but I DO remember the sacrifices.
My former Commander in Chief, Queen Elizabeth II is the only head of state that was serving during WWII. She was a field ambulance driver and mechanic.
A few of my childhood friends went south to enrolled in the US Army and Marines during the Vietnam war. Those that came back, were never the same :-(
War is hell, which is why old warriors never want to speak about nor like war.
But we would do it all over again if we had too.
Bob