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Post by Robert not Bobby on May 24, 2013 16:38:52 GMT -5
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Post by Robert not Bobby on May 24, 2013 16:51:24 GMT -5
I'm not going to be around for the weekend, so I thought, why not an early tribute.
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Post by Jaguar on May 24, 2013 17:31:00 GMT -5
Thank You
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Post by djAdvocate on May 24, 2013 22:50:11 GMT -5
God Bless our Vets. their valor in the face of peril shall always be remembered.
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Post by mrsdutt on May 25, 2013 7:51:48 GMT -5
I humbly give a thank you to all who have served in peril to protect our freedom. That would include the vet I married so long ago. Who carried the horrors of war within him until the day he passed.
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Post by billisonboard on May 25, 2013 19:11:08 GMT -5
There is frequent confusion between Memorial Day and its companion holiday, Veteran’s Day. The intent of Memorial Day has always been to honor those who have died in American military service, while November 11th, Veterans Day, is for those who have served the U.S. in war and survived. hotword.dictionary.com/memorial-day/ |
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Post by djAdvocate on May 26, 2013 20:38:34 GMT -5
wow. that is a difficult shot.  |
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Post by mrsdutt on May 27, 2013 12:18:42 GMT -5
There is frequent confusion between Memorial Day and its companion holiday, Veteran’s Day. The intent of Memorial Day has always been to honor those who have died in American military service, while November 11th, Veterans Day, is for those who have served the U.S. in war and survived. hotword.dictionary.com/memorial-day/ I think it's OK to honor vets both days. Don't you? |
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Post by billisonboard on May 27, 2013 12:32:15 GMT -5
I think it is a good thing to set aside a day when we specifically honor those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for our nation.
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Post by mrsdutt on May 27, 2013 12:50:07 GMT -5
I think it is a good thing to set aside a day when we specifically honor those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. To each his own. (Said the old lady as she kissed the cow.) |
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Post by billisonboard on May 27, 2013 13:00:27 GMT -5
I think it is a good thing to set aside a day when we specifically honor those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. To each his own. (Said the old lady as she kissed the cow.) Excellent use of a Wellerism. |
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Post by mrsdutt on May 27, 2013 13:41:06 GMT -5
To each his own. (Said the old lady as she kissed the cow.) Excellent use of a Wellerism. [img]http://images.proboards.com/new/grin.png[/img] |
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Post by Tennesseer on May 27, 2013 20:45:22 GMT -5
Congratulations Doctor O'Connor. UPenn honors Vietnam vet's dissertation, found 40 years after deathThis year, in addition to conferring standard degrees on our graduates, the department will grant a Ph.D. posthumously to Mortimer Lenane O’Connor, who was a doctoral student in English at Penn from the late 1950s through the mid 1960s. Mort, as he was known, had completed his courses and exams and was nearly finished with his dissertation when he was deployed to Vietnam. He served there as Lieutenant Colonel in command of the Army’s 1st Battalion, 2d Infantry. He was killed in action in the Iron Triangle north of Saigon on April 1, 1968. Mort’s doctoral dissertation, directed by Professor Arthur “Joe” Scouten, was a critical edition of Henry Nevil Payne’s Restoration drama, The Siege of Constantinople: A Tragedy (1675), whose Byzantine setting masked the playwright's commentary on the Catholic–Protestant tensions of Charles II’s court. Based on a folio edition held in Columbia University’s library, the project includes a comparison of extant copies of the play, an editorial rationale, detailed annotations, and essays on the play’s literary sources and political dimensions. The dissertation itself, rediscovered in an old briefcase, was accompanied by a trove of academic records, including Mort’s typewritten, hand-corrected correspondence with members of his dissertation committee. A group of current faculty in the department read through Mort's dissertation and determined that the work, being nearly complete and of very high quality, thoroughly justified the awarding of the PhD. Brian Wright O’Connor, Mort’s son, has written an op ed about his father in the Philadelphia Inquirer (click here to read it). Accompanied by members of his family, Brian will attend the Graduate Commencement ceremony to receive the diploma on his father’s behalf. www.english.upenn.edu/Announcements/2013/May/Posthumous-PhD-be-awarded-Grad-Commencement |
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Post by zdaddy on May 28, 2013 13:16:20 GMT -5
There is frequent confusion between Memorial Day and its companion holiday, Veteran’s Day. The intent of Memorial Day has always been to honor those who have died in American military service, while November 11th, Veterans Day, is for those who have served the U.S. in war and survived. hotword.dictionary.com/memorial-day/ I think it's OK to honor vets both days. Don't you? I didn't get a chance yesterday to post on this, but I will say I'm very thankful for the sacrifices of our troops throughout the centuries. Some people are proposing to expand Memorial Day as a day where we also honor those firefighters, cops and first responders who have also died serving the public, which I think is a great idea. But as a veteran who served honorably as a peacekeeper but was never in a declared war, I feel uncomfortable being honored on Memorial Day. I do think it should be a day more dedicated to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. |
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2013 13:39:18 GMT -5
Being that i live in DC area, every year i used to take pop down to the Vietnam wall
Pop would just stare at the wall....sometimes for hours
Other vets would come over to him, and they would talk.....and we would leave them alone for a while
The horrors of war...suffered by those who lived it, and the families of those who didnt come back
To me Memorial day is a day to say "thank you"
Not just to the guys who went....but to their families also
And the ultimate respect given to those who gave their all....
For those of you that havent had the privelege, the memorials in DC are quite spectacular
World War II, Korean, And Vietnam are all busy on that weekend.....
Flowers, medals, tokens of appreciation, and tears.....lots of tears
God Bless them all.....
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