You are awesome to put this friendly reminder out.

I appreciate your reply.

truth.

Semper Fi!

I appreciate the response.

I hate to push back against people who want to show support. My father and surviving uncle served in Vietnam, and I much prefer the current climate than what they came home to - BUT - That ain't a free pass

I really dislike this muddying of the water regarding Memorial Day - it seems like America is trying to down play the deaths of all combatants so it will be easier to fight in the future

Maybe I'm just paranoid.

Maybe we are aware, but I do believe a day of honest reflection regarding the cost of war is good for America's collective soul

For sharing this.

RIP to your Uncle David

Now I will never forget.
Thanks for the information.

In mass media, not nearly often enough...

Almost as if they don't want people to reflect.

Peace

korean war -

and my schoolmates who never made it back from vietnam - and those who did but were never the same, haunted, their spirits stolen or left behind.

My father died August 2011 - Lung, Pancreatic, Liver Cancer - October 2011 Fed Gov acknowledged it was due to Agent Rainbow of Colors exposure and switched his partial disability in 1978 to full disability.

Korea and Vietnam killed him - it just took a really long time for the time bomb to go off inside of him.

Anyway, "Thank you for your service!" is just "Have a nice day!" with its 'ain't I a great patriot?' hat on.

No outrage, please, DU-ers; third-generation veteran here.

n/t

I try to set people straight too - they don't mean any harm, but they need to learn the difference