Posted: 5/26/2005 5:36:30 PM EDT
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I didn't see a similar thread yet , wanted to post this early so those away for the weekend could participate. I thought it would be more appropriate here than in GD. Remember YOUR Vet - A Loved one , friend , or just someone you Honor. Post a brief remembrance , or just a name. (some appropriate links) amor_diosa.webs.bikers-engine.com/veterans.html www.abovethecall.com www.ngb.army.mil/casualties/index.asp?lnch=yes www.purpleheart.org/links.htm And finally, my remembrance. Sgt Adam F. Kauchis 1915 - 1944  |
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SSG Adam Thomas Harding February 13, 1978 - November 04, 2001 EOD Memorial
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Spc. Andy Alaniz...KIA, Jalibah Iraq, Feb 27th 1991 Pfc. John W. Hutto...KIA, Jalibah Iraq, Feb 27th 1991 We tried,we tried,Oh God we tried So we could be here too And walk around remembering And look for names we knew Our lives were lost so far away Upon a distant shore But we are here in memory As you read our names once more Remember us,Remember us Although we're truly gone Remember us,as we once were And not just names in stone |
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Roll away the dawn, Roll away the dawn, and let me see, The land of the free, Has anything changed at all; Sweet liberty, Sweet liberty is in our hands, It's part of the plan, Or is it a state of mind? Horses and men, Horses and men are on the field, They didn't yield, Many have fallen here; Never forget, Never forget what they have done, The time will come, When it will change again, Never forget! Chris DeBurgh. |
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Thanks to all who served, I hope to become half the Marine you are. My grandmother still remembers being handed a Hershey bar in Poland at the Oder river after their liberation. She worked in a forced labor camp for the duration of WWII, and her fingers have curves in them where they shouldn't since she was in her adolencese during this time. My thanks go out to all the troops that served and are currently serving. Although the following vets were not American, I feel they deserve their place here: Henryk Witkowski (Polish Calvary/ Underground 1933-1942) -Sent over to English troops the German "Enigma" code device -captured 1942, tortured, killed Stanislav Edmund Witkowski (Polish infantry 1937-1939) KIA in German invasion I also have several ther relatives that served in WWII under the Polish, giving the Allies accurate data and intelligence as the war progressed, however, I have no records of them as most of Poland was destroyed. I also am sure that while tracing my family tree back that when Pulaski came over to help the American revolution he brought one of my great-great-great something or others, there are records of a Witkowski coming over on his ships listed as a soldier though his invlovement is uncertain, but we are certain that through pre-WWI records that this was the case. |
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Thomas Jefferson once said something to the effect that "The tree of Liberty,from time to time,requires watering by the blood of Patriots" Thank God there are people like the ones on this site who still appreciate and remember. CHT (Ret) Benjamin F . Sites -2004 CCM (Ret) James Sites - 2002 CBM (Ret) Howard Sites -2003 BM1 (Ret) William O. Sites -2000 EN1 (Ret) Ward F. Sites -1996 Sites Family Combined Service- 140 yrs! |