Happy Memorial Day to EVERYONE...let's not forget what those in the past have done for us.nt

[clarice]

[Jackie Wilson Said]

1. Who says anybody here forgot?

[clarice]

2. No one said that. I simply expressed a sentiment.....

BTW....you haven't replied to my post asking who "They" are.

[tonyt53]

3. Absolutely!!!!!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. Not to nitpick....

What was I thinking? Of course I'll nitpick. This is DU.

Anyway, I think of Memorial Day as a time for reflection rather than for happiness. I never go out and hit the malls for the bargains, etc. I was horrified years ago when one of my brothers wanted to go look at cars.

Please have a reflective Memorial Day.

Best wishes.

[csziggy]

19. +10000000000000000000

I'll spend the weekend remembering my Dad and my uncles who all served in WWII. Plus the women that I know who did (even the ones who are not gone in body) like my Mom.

[LanternWaste]

5. Suicide In The Trenches by 1st Lt. Siegfried Sassoon

Suicide In The Trenches

I knew a simple soldier boy
Who grinned at life in empty joy,
Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
And whistled early with the lark.

In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
He put a bullet through his brain.
No one spoke of him again.

You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
Sneak home and pray you'll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go...



1st Lt. Siegfried Sassoon

[clarice]

6. Thank you. Very inspiring and VERY patriotic. nt

[clarice]

8. Newbie....please take a more civil tone, or Clarice might be forced to taunt you.nt

[clarice]

10. Whose %$#$ DO you care for?? I think there is a syndrome named just for that sort of thing.nt

[HOPNOSH]

11. You military Clarice? Family military?

I have military in my veins and your pandering is nonsense.

[clarice]

13. No. Yes. And please be civil. It is a sign of good breeding,as you well know, being military and all

[HOPNOSH]

14. I have excellent breeding

You trying to engage in BS is very uncivil.

[clarice]

16. ho-hum...goodbye HOPSCOTCH. nt

[HOPNOSH]

17. Thanks

Being dismissed by the likes of you is a JOY

[HOPNOSH]

12. The Clarice syndrome?

[clarice]

15. Ok... I thought that you might be fun... but... VERY weak response..NEXT ?????

[HOPNOSH]

18. Ah Shit

Giving up CLARICE? LOL

[cwydro]

21. You're not starting out on a good foot here hoppie.

Makes me wonder a bit.

[cwydro]

20. I have a book of poems by the WW1 poets.

Very moving.

All war is hell, but WW1 really was a special hell for the soldiers, the nurses, the horses, the civilians. Reading about the hubris of those generals on either side makes one shudder.

I wonder if they ever felt any guilt?