Hi All,
As a Parent of a Navy Airman, I would like suggest that we take a moment of our
busy weekend in silence, for our loved ones serving and the ones we lost in the
many wars around the world. Although I wasn't around the Vietnam War itself, I
served as a Sonarman on the USS Memphis during the war. Hears to the the
Military men and women of our armed services US or foreign, I salute you all.
Rick and Carolyn, Both Navy Veterans
DLancer7676@cs.com wrote:
> In a message dated 5/25/2000 3:17:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com writes:
>
> << Having visted the memorial twice, I must admit it is an _extremely_ moving
> experience. I can't explain what there is about it, but I highly recommend
> visting if you ever have the opportunity to visit Washington D.C. >>
>
> I agree--the wall is a must see. I have been there twice as well and it is
> amazing how the simplicity of the wall makes such a powerful statement.
> Another place to experience the very same emotion is to visit the USS Arizona
> Memorial at Pearl Harbor. Just something about standing above the ship
> resting on the bottom of the bay that swells one's heart with pride for the
> boys who lost their lives on that ". . .day that shall live in infamy!"
> Gosh, how the Japanese didn't know what they had stepped in!! As they later
> said themselves in the now-famous automobile commercial: "You asked for it,
> You got it. . ." .
>
> My experience at the Arizona was disturbed somewhat by some teenage girls who
> were there as well--I heard one of them say "This is soooo boring!" I
> probably shoulda said something, but my job is to deal with teengers day in
> and day out so I knew it woulda been like water off a duck's back--they would
> never have understood. I just chalked it up to stupidity on their part.
>
> --David C.
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