Memorial Day: Celebrating those who gave chase to evil
- Posted by Beth on May 28th, 2006 filed in Afghanistan, General, Iraq, Support the Troops, The War
Wade Zirkle, former Marine, veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and founder of Vets for Freedom, wrote this for Memorial Day:
Celebrating those who gave chase to evil
Since the Global War on Terror was launched four and half years ago, Americans are now only casually reminded of the sacrifices that our new generation of warriors are making in Afghanistan, Iraq and other desperate corners of the world. Usually these reports come in the form of terse, sterile news briefs: a fleeting portrait of a service member flashing across a TV screen or a radio sound-bite at the top of the hour that notes that soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb. When there is an occasional in-depth story, it often focuses on the nature and controversy of the casualty and follows with overtones of grief, sorrow and pity.
Yet, seldom is there a celebration of the life of our fallen warrior.
On this Memorial Day, I hope that our nation can put aside partisanship and political animosities to more fully celebrate the lives of a new, great generation of American warriors; the ordinary citizens who achieved extraordinary achievements and made the ultimate sacrifice on our behalf.
This Memorial Day, remember those who have given all for us, and also remember those who were their friends and loved ones and continue to fight. I watched Combat Diary: The Marines of Lima Company last night, and highly recommend you watch it tomorrow. It will make you understand better the sacrifices made on our behalf, and feel for those who still serve. Don’t just “pause to remember,” make it a part of your life to honor them always.
Here are just a few ways you can do so:
- Adopt a soldier
- Adopt a platoon
- Help a wounded warrior
- Help the troops in their mission
- Help out families of fallen heroes
- Support the families of the troops
Tags: Memorial Day, veterans
Ms. Underestimated says:
“Go To War And Kill Veterans”
Somewhere in between there was the lunacy of her House Bill to request all documents surrounding Tupac Shakur’s murder to be made public. ???? What? As if this was a governmental conspiracy? What is it now? East Coast vs. West Wing? Whatever!
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Portia Rediscovered says:
Memorial Day
Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o’er life’s solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing,…
TacJammer says:
Memory - 2006
It seems that nearly everyone in my blogrolls has something to say for Memorial Day. Me, I’ll just repeat part of what I said last year: There is something fundamentally sacred that attaches to those who have given their lives for this great nation, a…