Memorial Day

Military funeral services over time, with "Echo Taps" played by the US Marine Band. Photos from: Library of Congress, National Archives and Records, Dover Air Force Base, and Wikipedia.

1) Civil War veteran standing and saluting with a Boy Scout and a soldier at a gravesite in Oak Woods Cemetery on Memorial Day. (LOC)

2) Standing in the grassy sod bordering row upon row of white crosses in an American cemetery, two dungaree-clad Coast Guardsmen pay silent homage to the memory of a fellow Coast Guardsman who lost his life in action in the Ryukyu Islands." (NARA)

3) The crew of the USS SOUTH DAKOTA stands with bowed heads, while Chaplain N. D. Lindner reads the benediction held in honor of fellow shipmates killed in the air action off Guam on June 19, 1944. July 1, 1944 (NARA)

4) With a canvas tarpaulin for a church and packing cases for an altar, a Navy chaplain holds mass for Marines at Saipan. The service was held in memory of brave buddies who lost their lives in the initial landings." Sgt. Steele, June 1944. (NARA)

5) Sailor and girl at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Washington, D.C. (LOC)

6) A Marine at Vietnam Memorial on 4th July 2002. (Wikipedia)

7-9) Ceremonies for offloading caskets at Dover Air Force Base, casualties from OIF.

NARA
http://www.archives.gov/
LOC
http://memory.loc.gov/
Wikipedia photo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_Veterans_Memorial
http://www.indrani.net/
Dover AFB photos
http://www.thememoryhole.org/war/coffin_photos/dover/
US Marine Band
http://www.marineband.usmc.mil/
From:
http://hearingvoices.com/special/2007/memorial/

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[mulsanne917]

To "hearvox," the original poster: Thank you.

[mulsanne917]

Wrong. As unfortunate as it is, sometimes they do. And sometimes they don't come home at all.

Regardless, they are still, all of them, American Heroes.

[Vetwolf13]

@kctriesler LMAO!! What a tool!

[kctriesler]

@Vetwolf13 What a complete dick you are! If you're a vet as you claim to be, I'm willing to bet that's vet(erinarian) and not vet(eran). Get a grip and grow up. Better yet, let me know and I'll be happy to give you a one way ticket to say Venezula, Iran, or Cuba where you can live life large there...

[TimDenchanter]

Some naive children ask why Freedom is not Free. Answer is because

The day you stop fighting for Freedom is the day they start taking it away.

THANK You to all those who never stopped fighting for the rest of us !!!

[Vetwolf13]

@SARGEHVFD Spoken like the tool you are!

[unclelight13]

@SARGEHVFD Spoken like a true tool!

[Vetwolf13]

Here's the formula - more dead soldiers (tools) = more profits for the corporate interests investing in war!!

So all you tools just keep firing those bullets and missiles. Uncle Sam will be happy to send your family and friends

a hugely inflated bill for the costs! And they can pay for the funeral when your dead ass comes home in a casket!

FYI- No matter what they tell ya-the US has no plans to end the war-NONE! They're counting on a lot more of you

tools dyin so don't dissapoint!

[jrhoades1989]

THANK YOU TO ALL MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED OR ARE SERVING NOW

[gueroalfa]

serve a shame that the nation crap