Veterans...Get the hell in here now!
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WASHINGTON — Three thousand roses were placed carefully along the base of the wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
The colors of the flowers placed for the annual Father’s Day Rose Remembrance had special meaning: The 1,400 red roses were for those killed in action, the 1,200 yellow ones for those missing in action, and the 400 white-with-red-tip ones for "In Memory" honorees — Vietnam veterans who died after the war from war-related causes.
https://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/at-the-vietnam-wall-3-000-roses-mark-father-s-day-remembrance-1.533318
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too larry
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I heard this story on NPR driving into work this morrning. Pros and amateurs working together to get the remains of these two twins killed on the same day 74 years ago buried together.
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/23/622795506/a-story-of-twins-reunited-after-death
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/21/us/world-war-ii-twins-reunited-74-years-later-trnd/index.html
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/23/622795506/a-story-of-twins-reunited-after-death
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/21/us/world-war-ii-twins-reunited-74-years-later-trnd/index.html
haight
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You need help man. Schizophrenia can be controlled with modern medications now.
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There was also one about a crew of a B-17 that were finally id'd and are going to be buried in Arlington next week.
"They were members of a nine-man crew of the B-17 shot down near Barby, Germany on Nov. 2, 1944. Three survived and were captured. One was killed and identified in 1945. The remains of the five were recovered in 2015 and 2016."
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2018/06/21/5-members-of-world-war-ii-bomber-crew-being-buried-together-at-arlington/
doublejj
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I cannot even think about the dogs we left behind in vietnam......it upsets me in the worst way......serious survivors guilt.....serious
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and yet during WW2 and Korea, any dog that was physically OK was returned stateside. sad
https://www.uswardogs.org/id10.html
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"The military moved “100 wooden temporary transit cases” that had been built in Seoul to the Joint Security Area on Saturday “so that we are ready to receive remains and be able to transport them in a dignified manner,” the U.N. Command’s public affairs office told Stars and Stripes."
KIM GAMEL | STARS AND STRIPESPublished: June 23, 2018
https://www.stripes.com/us-sends-coffins-to-border-with-n-korea-to-prepare-for-return-of-war-dead-remains-1.534347?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Stars+and+Stripes+Emails&utm_campaign=Daily+Headlines
KIM GAMEL | STARS AND STRIPESPublished: June 23, 2018
https://www.stripes.com/us-sends-coffins-to-border-with-n-korea-to-prepare-for-return-of-war-dead-remains-1.534347?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Stars+and+Stripes+Emails&utm_campaign=Daily+Headlines
doublejj
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and yet during WW2 and Korea, any dog that was physically OK was returned stateside. sad
https://www.uswardogs.org/id10.html
ttystikk
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You call me sick for wanting to stop seeing our men in uniform killed in senseless wars for profit?
You sure about that?
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The widow of a World War II soldier will accept the Medal of Honor for her husband at the White House today June 26, 2018, 22 years after his family began efforts to upgrade the soldier’s Distinguished Service Cross.
Now Conner, who died in 1998, is posthumously receiving the Medal of Honor for his bravery in that battle, during which he called for artillery to shell his own position. President Trump will present the Medal of Honor to Conner’s widow on Tuesday at the White House.
With the U.S. military’s highest award for gallantry, Conner will become the second-most decorated service member of World War II, according to the Army. He is surpassed only by legendary 1st Lt. Audie Murphy.
Conner took part in 10 campaigns with the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division during World War II, Army officials said, and he was wounded seven times during 28 months of combat. His awards include three Purple Hearts, four Silver Stars and the Distinguished Service Cross, which is being upgraded to the Medal of Honor.
https://www.army.mil/medalofhonor/conner/?from=hp_spotlight
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/06/25/grandson-wwis-sgt-york-will-attend-medal-honor-ceremony.html
https://taskandpurpose.com/army-hero-getting-the-medal-of-honor/
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Retired Army Capt. Martin Gelb is presented with the Congressional Gold Medal by U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., on Monday, June 25, 2018, in Derry, New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Holly Ramer) -- The Associated Press
The Associated Press 25 Jun 2018 By Holly Ramer
DERRY, N.H. — A 98-year-old World War II intelligence officer received the highest congressional honor Monday for what a historian described as "defending our country in the shadowy place between diplomacy and war."
Retired Army Capt. Martin Gelb was part of the Office of Strategic Services, which was created during World War II and was the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency. He served in England, France and Germany on missions that included supporting U.S. and British operations during the D-Day invasion and assisting with the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp.
U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, who presented Gelb with a bronze replica of the Congressional Gold Medal, said only about 100 of Gelb's fellow officers are still living and called him a true American hero.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/06/25/world-war-ii-intelligence-officer-gets-congressional-medal.html
DERRY, N.H. — A 98-year-old World War II intelligence officer received the highest congressional honor Monday for what a historian described as "defending our country in the shadowy place between diplomacy and war."
Retired Army Capt. Martin Gelb was part of the Office of Strategic Services, which was created during World War II and was the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency. He served in England, France and Germany on missions that included supporting U.S. and British operations during the D-Day invasion and assisting with the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp.
U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, who presented Gelb with a bronze replica of the Congressional Gold Medal, said only about 100 of Gelb's fellow officers are still living and called him a true American hero.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/06/25/world-war-ii-intelligence-officer-gets-congressional-medal.html
Douglas A. Munro: The U.S. Coast Guard's "Medal of Honor" Recipient
Doug Munro Remains the Only Member of the U.S.G.G. Ever to Receive the Medal of Honor
It was 27 Sept., 1942. Signalman First Class Douglas A. Munro wouldn't see the 28th.
Munro, the first and only member of the U.S. Coast Guard to receive the Medal of Honor, had been aboard the the seaplane tender Ballard. Anchored just off Guadalcanal, the ship received word that 500 men from the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, had met fierce resistance from the Japanese and were pinned down on the beach, their backs to the sea. So bad was it that the Marines had begun to stack dead bodies - like sandbags - for cover.
Munro immediately volunteered to lead five Higgins boats in to get them out. The signalman and his crew stayed low in the small boats as lead whistled and screamed overhead. As they neared the island the anguished cries and moans of wounded Marines grew louder, until a gentle bump followed by a scraping sound told the rescue team they had arrived in hell.
The gray-helmeted Munro and his crew swung into action. The evacuation had begun. The Higgins boats, too small to remove all of the Marines at one time, made several trips from the island to ships. Near the end of the mission, when only a few Marines remained on the beach, enemy fire intensified, pinning them once again. Munro recognized immediately that the Marines were in an untenable position, and their deaths were imminent. He quickly placed his vessel between the beachhead and the enemy, thus drawing the fire to himself.
When the last Marine was huddled safely behind the boat, Munro grabbed one of the Higgin's two guns and released a murderous burst of return fire, trying desperately to hold the enemy off until Marines could be taken aboard. Moments later he was mortally wounded. His crew, injured themselves, carried on until the last boat arrived and cleared the beach. Munro maintained consiousness long enough to utter these last four words: "Did they get off?" Assured that they had, he slowly closed his eyes and entered eternity. He died knowing he had sucessfully completed his last mission.
Eight months later, on 27 May, 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt presented the Medal of Honor to Munro's mother, Mrs. James Munro.
Buried in his hometown of South Cle Elum, WA, he rests between his mother and father in the veteran's section of the cemetery.
In his honor, the Coast Guard Cutter Munro was commissioned 7 Sept., 1971. There is a statue of Munro at the Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May, NJ, as well.
Doug Munro Remains the Only Member of the U.S.G.G. Ever to Receive the Medal of Honor
It was 27 Sept., 1942. Signalman First Class Douglas A. Munro wouldn't see the 28th.
Munro, the first and only member of the U.S. Coast Guard to receive the Medal of Honor, had been aboard the the seaplane tender Ballard. Anchored just off Guadalcanal, the ship received word that 500 men from the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, had met fierce resistance from the Japanese and were pinned down on the beach, their backs to the sea. So bad was it that the Marines had begun to stack dead bodies - like sandbags - for cover.
Munro immediately volunteered to lead five Higgins boats in to get them out. The signalman and his crew stayed low in the small boats as lead whistled and screamed overhead. As they neared the island the anguished cries and moans of wounded Marines grew louder, until a gentle bump followed by a scraping sound told the rescue team they had arrived in hell.
The gray-helmeted Munro and his crew swung into action. The evacuation had begun. The Higgins boats, too small to remove all of the Marines at one time, made several trips from the island to ships. Near the end of the mission, when only a few Marines remained on the beach, enemy fire intensified, pinning them once again. Munro recognized immediately that the Marines were in an untenable position, and their deaths were imminent. He quickly placed his vessel between the beachhead and the enemy, thus drawing the fire to himself.
When the last Marine was huddled safely behind the boat, Munro grabbed one of the Higgin's two guns and released a murderous burst of return fire, trying desperately to hold the enemy off until Marines could be taken aboard. Moments later he was mortally wounded. His crew, injured themselves, carried on until the last boat arrived and cleared the beach. Munro maintained consiousness long enough to utter these last four words: "Did they get off?" Assured that they had, he slowly closed his eyes and entered eternity. He died knowing he had sucessfully completed his last mission.
Eight months later, on 27 May, 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt presented the Medal of Honor to Munro's mother, Mrs. James Munro.
Buried in his hometown of South Cle Elum, WA, he rests between his mother and father in the veteran's section of the cemetery.
In his honor, the Coast Guard Cutter Munro was commissioned 7 Sept., 1971. There is a statue of Munro at the Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May, NJ, as well.
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MUNRO, DOUGLAS ALBERT
Rank and organization: Signalman First Class, U.S. Coast Guard
Place and Date: 27 September 1942, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Born: 11 October 1919, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Accredited to: Washington
Home Town: Cle Elum, WA
For extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry in action above and beyond the call of duty as Petty Officer in Charge of a group of 24 Higgins boats, engaged in the evacuation of a battalion of Marines trapped by enemy Japanese forces at Point Cruz Guadalcanal, on 27 September 1942. After making preliminary plans for the evacuation of nearly 500 beleaguered marines, Munro, under constant strafing by enemy machine guns on the island, and at great risk of his life, daringly led 5 of his small craft toward the shore. As he closed the beach, he signaled the others to land, and then in order to draw the enemy's fire and protect the heavily loaded boats, he valiantly placed his craft with its 2 small guns as a shield between the beachhead and the Japanese. When the perilous task of evacuation was nearly completed, Munro was instantly killed by enemy fire, but his crew, 2 of whom were wounded, carried on until the last boat had loaded and cleared the beach. By his outstanding leadership, expert planning, and dauntless devotion to duty, he and his courageous comrades undoubtedly saved the lives of many who otherwise would have perished. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
Rank and organization: Signalman First Class, U.S. Coast Guard
Place and Date: 27 September 1942, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Born: 11 October 1919, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Accredited to: Washington
Home Town: Cle Elum, WA
The Citation:
For extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry in action above and beyond the call of duty as Petty Officer in Charge of a group of 24 Higgins boats, engaged in the evacuation of a battalion of Marines trapped by enemy Japanese forces at Point Cruz Guadalcanal, on 27 September 1942. After making preliminary plans for the evacuation of nearly 500 beleaguered marines, Munro, under constant strafing by enemy machine guns on the island, and at great risk of his life, daringly led 5 of his small craft toward the shore. As he closed the beach, he signaled the others to land, and then in order to draw the enemy's fire and protect the heavily loaded boats, he valiantly placed his craft with its 2 small guns as a shield between the beachhead and the Japanese. When the perilous task of evacuation was nearly completed, Munro was instantly killed by enemy fire, but his crew, 2 of whom were wounded, carried on until the last boat had loaded and cleared the beach. By his outstanding leadership, expert planning, and dauntless devotion to duty, he and his courageous comrades undoubtedly saved the lives of many who otherwise would have perished. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
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Thieves drained entire bank account of America's oldest living veteran
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/30/us/oldest-living-veteran-theft-trnd/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/30/us/oldest-living-veteran-theft-trnd/index.html