Comments on: Memorial Day – Arlington http://www.skalduggery.com/2010/05/30/memorial-day-arlington/ Skalded Musings and Random Thoughts on Current and Not so Current Events Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:56:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Jeff http://www.skalduggery.com/2010/05/30/memorial-day-arlington/comment-page-1/#comment-489 Jeff Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:19:00 +0000 http://www.skalduggery.com/?p=681#comment-489 <a href="#comment-488" rel="nofollow">@Jeff </a> I realized what that feeling "other than pride" was - humility. @Jeff
I realized what that feeling “other than pride” was – humility.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.skalduggery.com/2010/05/30/memorial-day-arlington/comment-page-1/#comment-488 Jeff Mon, 31 May 2010 16:16:59 +0000 http://www.skalduggery.com/?p=681#comment-488 I remember my buddy Bill most of all. He was dumb as a post school-wise, but would give you his last drop of blood if he thought you needed it. He could also sit in a mudhole for months on end and still wake up smiling. That guy loved the Army. As much as I like the concept of citizen soldiers, at last count there were over 37,000 non-citizens serving in our military in combat zones. I couldn't find a count of non-citizen casualties, but with those kinds of numbers there's likely some. I'd say we should reflect on that, too. There's people who believe enough in the American dream to fight for it without even the guarantee of making it to the end. That's a certain kind of special, the kind that makes your chest swell up with something other than pride. I remember my buddy Bill most of all. He was dumb as a post school-wise, but would give you his last drop of blood if he thought you needed it. He could also sit in a mudhole for months on end and still wake up smiling. That guy loved the Army.

As much as I like the concept of citizen soldiers, at last count there were over 37,000 non-citizens serving in our military in combat zones. I couldn’t find a count of non-citizen casualties, but with those kinds of numbers there’s likely some. I’d say we should reflect on that, too. There’s people who believe enough in the American dream to fight for it without even the guarantee of making it to the end. That’s a certain kind of special, the kind that makes your chest swell up with something other than pride.

]]> By: tom Vail http://www.skalduggery.com/2010/05/30/memorial-day-arlington/comment-page-1/#comment-487 tom Vail Mon, 31 May 2010 15:57:17 +0000 http://www.skalduggery.com/?p=681#comment-487 Very nice, Steven. I had never seen that one. Happy Memorial Day to you and yours. Godspeed, Tom .-= tom Vail´s last blog ..<a href="http://ttoes.wordpress.com/2010/05/29/memorial-day-tribute/" rel="nofollow">Memorial Day Tribute</a> =-. Very nice, Steven. I had never seen that one. Happy Memorial Day to you and yours. Godspeed,

Tom
.-= tom Vail´s last blog ..Memorial Day Tribute =-.

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