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2005-12-24 Home Front: WoT

Final Salute (Heartbreaking, but mandatory reading)

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Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-12-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 SAEPE EXPERTUS, SEMPER FIDELIS, FRATRES AETERNI

Posted by Red Dog 2005-12-24 03:01|| 2005-12-24 03:01|| Front Page Top

#2 If it is true that "dulce and decorum pro patria mori," this is how the respect due that terrible sacrifice HAS to be shown. My heart breaks for the parents and friends left behind. I pray to God that we as a nation will finish the mission that these young men gave their lives for.

Barbara: thank you for posting this.

Posted by mac 2005-12-24 06:59|| 2005-12-24 06:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Thanks for the insignia, Fred. And the additional info.

Mac - when I read it (and finally stopped crying), I could do no less. I wish there were some way to get everybody in America (and elsewhere) to read this.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-12-24 11:10|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2005-12-24 11:10|| Front Page Top

#4 I've never had to escort a body, but when I was in Panama, I was in the honor guard. We had to stand to for several funerals, mostly of retired who had worked for the Canal Zone Company. We also stood to for the funeral of one of the South American ambassadors who died of a heart attack. I've also served as a pall-bearer (before my back got too bad) for several VFW-suppored funerals. You NEVER get used to the sound of "Taps".

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2005-12-24 16:52|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2005-12-24 16:52|| Front Page Top

#5 I carried a friend from a site and sealed him for his long trip home. I promised him we would find the ones that did this, two years later we did. OP is right, Taps is the most painful music in the world. When I hear it, even on TV I cant seem to hold back the emotion. God bless those that have given their lives for us and be sure to thank those who have the painful task of seeing their brother to their final rest.

Posted by 49 pan">49 pan 2005-12-24 20:29|| 2005-12-24 20:29|| Front Page Top

#6 I used to work at the Pentagon and went to work through the Arlington Cemetery as it was the closest way to get to work. If I was going through while they played Taps, the sound just seemed to echo and I have never heard anything so soul-shattering in my life. I would have to stop my car and get out to salute.

I read this article and a couple of others and I literally cried like a baby. These young men and women of today just make me so proud of them. They know that they might not make it but they do it anyhow so that some other nation can enjoy our freedoms and also to protect us from all harm. I see the protestors and they are not fit to even kiss the feet of our young servicemen and women. I think sometimes that our younger generation took a look at their parents and what they did and resolved to try to make up for it in any way they could. They do us proud!!

Posted by Chailet Hupitle1637">Chailet Hupitle1637 2005-12-24 20:56|| 2005-12-24 20:56|| Front Page Top

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