Not Just Another Day…

Something I will never be able to fully comprehend....going through such a nightmare, horrific experience like that is beyond my thought process. I get emotional just reading about it.

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I must agree with your statement about war being different than what we see in the movies.  Movies in the past often focused on the glory of war, while diminishing much of the personal pain in injury and death.  It pains me to see what veterans often go through when they come home.  I wish as a country we could find ways to ease some of that pain.,

CONGRATULATIONS Kathy, on having this blog FEATURED in the Old Farts Club group!    

Good Morning, Kathy, It was an unfortunate event that will be happened to someone. It is sad to know that they need to give their lives just to protect us. Thanks for sharing!

Kathy, to me the shame is how little support we have in our Country for these heroes and for our first responders. I watched a press conference on TV a couple of days ago...the mom of a fallen police office was clutching the arm of the President. We need to see more of that...and less porn star lawyers and the like.

Kathy,

Ron and I have been knee deep in a project with our clients and their support of the Navy Seals.  We have heard the stories of Medal of Honor recipients, and one of the sentences that will always be in my head is: "Freedom is not free, it is written in blood!"  I tear up every time.  A

Hi Kathy Streib - You are right to be concerned. Two days that are very significant in our history. I personally remember being glued to the TV screen on July 20th, but have only read about what took place on June 6th. 

I heard first hand the horror of Pearl Harbor and both people I knew are no longer here to give their accounting of that day.

As for Vietnam, I remember hearing the horror stories first hand from Vets in college. But what I remember vividly, was the way many of our Vets were treated upon their return home. 

Another day that is in jeopardy of being forgotten is November 22. 

I have no relatives who served in Vietnam, but I have friends that will never be the same after serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Even in our 24 hour news cycle where big news becomes old news in no time, the effects of things like the terrorist attack in Nice, France become forgotten.  That is, until you have dinner with a friend was who was vacationing in Nice during that horrific attack.

As the world gets smaller, so much gets overlooked or down played in the overload of information.  Events like December 7th made an impact because that was THE NEWS.  Not anymore.  The 24 hour news cycle has numbed us. 

Hi Kathy... the Viet Nam War Memorial is the only such memorial that never fails to bring tears to my eyes. I also cried when I saw the big hole in the ground where the WTC towers stood.... but that was a different kind of "war" and not a memorial.

Morning Kathy.

I read the story, I know that forever changed him. I know it would me

Great post Kathy and they will never be forgotten as long as people such as you and me keep talking about them.

This is a very moving story, please extend my gratitude to your friend for his amazing courage and service.  I do hope that our world grows beyond the evil that creates government corruption and war.  So many are suffering under dictatorship and corruption, and America is where they come to escape.  However, it's time for the evil to he stopped so that people across the world can be safe and prosper in their own homes and countries.

I can't imagine going through what veterans have to go through.  Laying on the battle field when you desperately need help would be terrifying.