Memorial Day
May. 28th, 2007 03:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
baphnediaI absolutely love my 'job'. Bored this morning, I headed twenty miles west to Abilene, KS (the home of former general and president Eisenhower), bummed that I was having trouble finding breakfast, until I found Sonic. Drove around downtown, and found some cars outside the VFW. Long story short, I walked in, they pointed at me and said 'you're just the man we need' (after introductions), they handed me an awesome M1 Springfield and a couple of clips of ammo, to assist them in rendering honors at five locations around Abilene (the best was saved for last, where the mayor spoke at the local cemetary).
So, I'm apparently an active member of the Abilene VFW. It was worth the free lunch. Firing for my food. As for Memorial Day, I usually reserve my Memorium for the late Specialist Lau, Larissa, who died after the communications tower she was on the top of collapsed in summer of '04. The only person to suffer a death performing her duties while I was assigned to the unit thus far (there are a number of other departed who died 'in the line of duty', but not while at work). Today, this year, after thinking about how a good friend of mine must've felt over the 15 years that it took to remove pieces of rock, metal and his RTO (Radio/Telephone Operator) from his back after a mortar hit.
Memorial Day is being jacked from political activists from all sides trying to push their own political causes. What I ask, is to instead, find a servicemember that is still with us (assuming you aren't that servicemember), and ask them for a story. Memorial Day is about honoring and remembering those who gave up all their tomorrows so that we could have today.
So, I'm apparently an active member of the Abilene VFW. It was worth the free lunch. Firing for my food. As for Memorial Day, I usually reserve my Memorium for the late Specialist Lau, Larissa, who died after the communications tower she was on the top of collapsed in summer of '04. The only person to suffer a death performing her duties while I was assigned to the unit thus far (there are a number of other departed who died 'in the line of duty', but not while at work). Today, this year, after thinking about how a good friend of mine must've felt over the 15 years that it took to remove pieces of rock, metal and his RTO (Radio/Telephone Operator) from his back after a mortar hit.
Memorial Day is being jacked from political activists from all sides trying to push their own political causes. What I ask, is to instead, find a servicemember that is still with us (assuming you aren't that servicemember), and ask them for a story. Memorial Day is about honoring and remembering those who gave up all their tomorrows so that we could have today.
