I don't "celebrate" Memorial Day, I observe it.

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I know too many guys on The Wall, two of whom I helped carry to the dust-off. I also watched my father,(WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, and not many have that on their DD-214) buried at Arlington two years ago. I used to kid him that while I was chewing dirt in the A Shau, he was sitting comfortably in the wardroom of a ship, somewhere on Yankee Station. Of course, I know what he experienced in aerial combat in the Leyte Gulf, and later over Korea, but we both enjoyed busting each other's balls.
In any case, I won't be getting a great deal on a car, or buying a fucking mattress this weekend. I'll be remembering some special people. Rest easy, bros. And I love you, Dad.