Comments for Memorial Day 2007. We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/memorial_day_20_1.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:27:02 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Memorial Day 2007. Today, we honor those who have gone before. In November, we honor the living. I don't mind the sales. Commerce built this country. I don't mind "Going to the Lake" - having fun with family and friends makes life worth living. And this day is about having a life worth living. And I know that most of us (though not perhaps those who read this space) have no memory of a loved one lost in war. Many of the younger of us don't remember or never knew a relative who served in time of war. Heh. TINS. At work, we... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/memorial_day_20_1.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/memorial_day_20_1.html Mon, 28 May 2007 19:51:26 -0600 Comment from AFSister on 2007-05-28 excellent roundup, john..... thank you http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/memorial_day_20_1.html#comment-60507 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/memorial_day_20_1.html#comment-60507 Mon, 28 May 2007 22:04:24 -0600 Comment from Angela Pedersen, R.N. on 2007-05-28 http://daddy.typepad.com/daddyblog/2007/05/memorial_day_ma.html We thought you might enjoy this Memorial Day post Respectfully, Robert and Angela Pedersen ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/memorial_day_20_1.html#comment-60505 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/memorial_day_20_1.html#comment-60505 Mon, 28 May 2007 16:42:18 -0600 Comment from djmoore on 2007-05-28 Reveille, over at the AnarchAngel. And Scott Ott has a gardening tip:
As the United States marks Memorial Day, recognizing those who sacrificed their lives in service to the country, scientists worldwide admit they are likely years away from discovering a “fertilizer for freedom” as effective as the blood of American troops. “Where liberty has sprouted around the world,” said one unnamed scientist, “we usually find American blood at its roots.”
]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/memorial_day_20_1.html#comment-60504 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/memorial_day_20_1.html#comment-60504 Mon, 28 May 2007 16:30:33 -0600 Comment from Oldloadr on 2007-05-28 My son-in-law had the privilege of placing a wreath at General Patton's grave in Luxembourg, this weekend. Of all the national/war cemeteries I've been to, that one impresses me the most somehow. I think it's because of the lay-out, with the General laid out facing his troops as if in eternal formation. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/memorial_day_20_1.html#comment-60500 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/memorial_day_20_1.html#comment-60500 Mon, 28 May 2007 11:02:43 -0600 Comment from Barb on 2007-05-28 Good post, John - a wonderful tribute. Remembering each one is a small duty for us, and living our lives fully is a great tribute to their sacrifice. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/memorial_day_20_1.html#comment-60499 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/memorial_day_20_1.html#comment-60499 Mon, 28 May 2007 10:37:27 -0600 Comment from V29 on 2007-05-28 I remember the 39 men of the 162nd AHC, killed in RVN. There's no use in weeping, Though we are condemned to part: There's such a thing as keeping A remembrance in one's heart... -Charlotte Bronte, http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/memorial_day_20_1.html#comment-60498 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/memorial_day_20_1.html#comment-60498 Mon, 28 May 2007 10:29:30 -0600 Comment from algy21 on 2007-05-28 People may not ’care’ or even like any stories about Britain’s Prince Harry not going to Iraq but the rest of our boys and girls are doing their bit without the protection afforded by virtue of a royal birth and a worried set of this years politicians. They've just got on with it and ignored the hypocrisy. With a little lateral thinking, or even joined up thinking the Brits came up with wwwimharry.com - invoked the spirit of the fiction of Spartacus and showed a defiance, bravery and humour lost on those who view real life from a porch. I’m Spartacus, I’m Harry, We’re ALL Harry. And the web and the the gag are helping spread the word that if everyone is Harry then no-one is more valuable than anyone else. Anyone remember the rallying call ’All for one and one for all’? Let’s get behind the guys actually out there shall we, and stop the hand wringing. algy http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/memorial_day_20_1.html#comment-60497 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/memorial_day_20_1.html#comment-60497 Mon, 28 May 2007 10:20:44 -0600 Comment from Cricket on 2007-05-28 I will dance for a lad who was told "You are the man of the house: I have to go to war." A 19 year old who was killed by the North Koreans in 1950..Jack Webster, the cousin I never knew. The Navy Hymn... Awesome. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/memorial_day_20_1.html#comment-60494 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/memorial_day_20_1.html#comment-60494 Mon, 28 May 2007 07:03:36 -0600 Comment from kat-missouri on 2007-05-28 I just spent a good part of the day yesterday at a couple of cemeteries. I believe I now have Leavenworth National Cemetery's grid layout memorized and can now tell you what section contains what veterans. That is about three hours into searching for all appropriate graves before my mom decided to be helpful and said, "there is a grave locater kiosk at the front gate". After we came back from my uncle Leon's grave, my mom handed me some flowers to take back down (we were at the top of the hill and he was at the bottom; you have to know Leavenworth to understand the quest) since no one had brought him flowers. The cemetery is oddly one of the most beautiful places I've ever been too and the chapel bells regularly play hymns and songs of the different branches. It rained this year, not quite like last year with the booming thunder that echoed like cannon, but a steady light down pour. It was very green. I am going to complain though, to the management. Some of the flags were rather faded and decrepit on the graves. They should have been replaced sometime ago. I think I will have to go out and replace some of them. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/memorial_day_20_1.html#comment-60493 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/memorial_day_20_1.html#comment-60493 Mon, 28 May 2007 06:55:53 -0600 Comment from Justthisguy on 2007-05-28 P.s. I don't think *anybody* can rationally understand something of a mystical nature, like that there. There are many things not dreamed of in yer philosophy, etc. usw. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/memorial_day_20_1.html#comment-60489 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/memorial_day_20_1.html#comment-60489 Mon, 28 May 2007 00:34:09 -0600 Comment from Justthisguy on 2007-05-28 Yup, that one always does the best eyeball lubrication for me, too! Whatever words one chooses to sing to the melody (and there are many) there's something about that one which is right serious in some way I don't think I exactly entirely understand, somehow. "from rock and tempest, fire and foe, protect us wheresoe'er we go." . http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/memorial_day_20_1.html#comment-60488 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/memorial_day_20_1.html#comment-60488 Mon, 28 May 2007 00:25:03 -0600