Remember the Hell our fallen soldiers went through this Memorial Day

[Beachnutt]

They fought and died horrible deaths against communism and fascism to keep our land free.
I watched youtube for hours last night and saw some of the survivors viet nam being interviewed, take the time to youtube viet nam fire fights and watch what our Men went through to fight communism and fascism.

This soldier here says that the movie that most depicts real life battles in viet nam is "We were Soldiers"
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And Bone spur trump embraces the communist leaders today.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

1. And don't forget Romney, who was partying it up in Paris

while we were attempting to survive.

Semper Fi all my brothers and sisters, past, present, still here or gone.

[MOMFUDSKI]

2. Each Memorial Day I remember

my good friend. He was a paratrooper in Vietnam and they parachuted out only to be picked off by the enemy one by one. They all laid in the hot jungle for 3 days until their bodies could be rescued. His dad insisted on an open casket and sat right next to the casket the entire time. It was ghastly. I took a rubbing of his name at The Wall in DC years back. I will never forget him and will never forgive that obscene war.

[FakeNoose]

8. Many Baby Boomers (older ones at least) lost friends and classmates in Vietnam

We loved our brave fighters, but at the same time we HATED that war.

[edhopper]

3. They went through hell

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To help the Military Industrial Complex and the Pentagon.
The people of Vietnam wanted Communism and got.
Our soldiers sacrifices were the for nought, just feeding the War Pigs.
No one died for our Freedoms. Which is shameful.
I don't think our Country has come to grips with what we did.
Iraq was worse, all died for the vanity of the Boy King. War Crime, straight up.

[walkingman]

7. I don't support militarism in any form. It is a pox on humanity.

[onecaliberal]

4. Going to the National Cemetery to put flowers on my dads marker.

WWII veteran. Last month made 9 years.

[Irish_Dem]

5. ...

[BlackSkimmer]

6. Women also died in that war. Not just men.

I think there are eight women's names on the Vietnam Wall, and there is also a statue memorial for them.

But civilian women in support positions died also. Many thousands served.

As they have in all wars.

I remember reading that almost all the nurses were volunteers, which is noteworthy.

We can honor them all.

[FakeNoose]

10. Yes indeed

While I didn't personally know any women who served in Vietnam, it's important to recognize their efforts mainly as essential nurses and medical personnel.

During the years of Vietnam conflict, women were not allowed in combat. However women were essential in the medical capacity as well as office and clerical assistants. I believe that was changing with the first Gulf War, and by the 2nd Gulf War it was common for women to serve in combat.

Our sincere thanks to the men and women who served and sacrificed for this (sometimes) great country!

Happy Memorial Day

[BlackSkimmer]

13. Absolutely.

Backatcha!

[Mysterian]

9. A lot more died fighting fascism

and Russia is not a communist country (if those are the communist leaders to whom you referred).

[Beachnutt]

11. North Korea, Russia

Tumps good friends.

[FakeNoose]

12. Exactly true, and it needs to be repeated often

Russia's belief in the idea of "communism" died a long time ago. I was born in 1951, and in my lifetime there has been no communism there - only forced socialism along with Russian nationalism.

Nowadays it's just an unregulated oligarchy, lurching towards totalitarianism.

We Americans might hate some things that are happening here, but we're so much better off than the Russians that I shudder to think about it.

[BlackSkimmer]

14. Yes, "We Were Soldiers" is an excellent movie. Edge of yours seat kind of thing.

The book is even more excellent.