SameI didn't notice it until they sent the apology email pointing it out.
There is nothing wrong with being happy on memorial day. Im sure most who we memorialize would want us to be happy and BBQ with our families.What's wrong with being happy? When I'm gone and people are remembering me I want them to be laughing and having a good time, not being all melancholy and shit.
Garand or Carbine? They had one of eachSame morons get all butthurt when a WWII vet says their M1 had a "clip"...
I always tell my dad that I am eternally grateful to celebrate Veterans Day with him instead of observing Memorial Day for him. (He was shot down in Cambodia in 1969, and he and his crew spent 8 hours on the ground, in a very active spot. When you were caught there, you did not become a POW, you were KIA and listed officially as MIA)
Give your Dad a tip of the hat and Howdy from me, because of a very similar experience.
Bell Ranger pilot and I were re-conning a position for M101A1's to support an ARVN Cambodian operation when we lost our tail rotor to 51. radar guided MG fire. We were on the ground for only 45 minutes before being picked up ... damn asshats picked up our chopper first. We were both figuring out how to walk, barefoot, to Hanoi ...
Except for the uncertain birth of our youngest daughter, which took 36 hours, the longest time period in my life.
The pilot, Pete Behrens was killed a few weeks later in the same bird. Refugee from East Germany, gave his life for his adopted country.
Good thread to once again say RIP in Pete ...