Thanks for sharing, souljier... wife and I hit the neighborhood pool yesterday, grilled steaks last night and are heading across the waterway to the beach this morning.

Hope everybody has a good one today... and I mean everybody. It's a special day today... spend it with someone you love if you still have them.

It's definitely a special day. Hope everyone has a great Memorial Day and remember those who gave it all.

I hate Memorial Day. Too many painful memories from good friends and soldiers.

This one probably hurt the worst. Not because of the number that died. But the fact that he was ordered to join the mission. He was suffering from a bad migraine and had been told by medical he was basically bedridden and not allowed to go on missions. His humvee rolled into a canal.
https://thefallen.militarytimes.com/army-pfc-lyndon-a-marcus-jr/257258

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I hate Memorial Day. Too many painful memories from good friends and soldiers.

This one probably hurt the worst. Not because of the number that died. But the fact that he was ordered to join the mission. He was suffering from a bad migraine and had been told by medical he was basically bedridden and not allowed to go on missions. His humvee rolled into a canal.
https://thefallen.militarytimes.com/army-pfc-lyndon-a-marcus-jr/257258

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Yeah. It's more painful as we age. Nearly 80 years ago this summer, the sole son of one branch of my family fell. His gravestone back in my hometown is fading. I need to go home, collect the info from his stone and order a new one made. He has no other family able or willing to do it.

That's horrible man. I'm getting to the point I want to be cremated just so I don't need to worry about that