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Topic starter
29/05/2023 6:56 am
For many years now I've posted these 1/18 scale pics, they have become some-what nostalgic.
There are 3 days during the year that honor our nation's courageous fighting men and women:
- Armed Forces Day... For all those who currently wear the uniform.
- Veteran's Day... For all those who used to wear the uniform.
- Memorial Day... For all those who never made it out of uniform.
29/05/2023 7:22 am
Remember.
Frank Reed
Chesapeake, VA
29/05/2023 7:41 am
God bless them all...they made the ultimate sacrifice.
John Bono
North Jersey
29/05/2023 7:43 am
🇺🇸🗽🇺🇸🗽🇺🇸
God bless all who paid the ultimate sacrifice!
Zeeky Banutski
The People’s Republic of Maryland
29/05/2023 8:12 am
Thank you Chris. A nice tribute.
29/05/2023 12:03 pm
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
29/05/2023 12:07 pm
Here are some pics of the beaches in Normandy from the trip we took a few years ago.
D-Day memorial at Omaha Beach
American Cemetary at Normandy
View from the water's edge at Omaha Beach. Our warriors had to cross that beach and scale those ramparts.
View from a bunker onto the beach.
Another memorial
An LRV like the one my dad landed in.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
29/05/2023 12:25 pm
Thank-you for sharing with us Mr.K 🙏🇺🇸
Christopher Moroni and John Kuvakas reacted
29/05/2023 3:20 pm
Thanks for those pictures, John. A friend of mine and his wife visited there a couple of years ago and he sent me some moving and incredible pictures.
Some years ago, I heard the story that the United States was getting put down and laughed at in a French school . The schoolmaster agreed that sometimes our tourists and US visitors can be a bit overbearing and tiresome.
Then he took them on a field trip not too far from the D-Day beaches. He pointed at a huge field filled with crosses and markers.
At that point he said, in spite of the various shortcomings individuals may have, each one of those white markers laid out in innumerable neat rows, marks the final resting place of vast numbers of American young men who came here to help deliver us from evil. They will not be going back to their homes and families but made an ultimate sacrifice in part for us. Please don't forget that .
Those thousands of crosses and markers brought an instant silence to all the young people's jokes and dismissals of "dumb" Americans ..... and a better understanding of the wider picture.
Topic starter
29/05/2023 6:14 pm
I also encourage all Americans to pay their respects at Arlington National Cemetary, you will never forget it.
Ed Davis reacted
29/05/2023 6:18 pm
@chris, I've had the honor of officiating several interments there. It's an amazing place and a national treasure.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
Christopher Moroni reacted
29/05/2023 7:58 pm
I agree. I visited Arlington National Cemetery many years ago, and still remember it. Another place I would recommend is the Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor.
Ed Davis
Inverness, Illinois, USA
Christopher Moroni and John Kuvakas reacted
29/05/2023 11:35 pm
Thanks for those pictures, John. A friend of mine and his wife visited there a couple of years ago and he sent me some moving and incredible pictures.
Some years ago, I heard the story that the United States was getting put down and laughed at in a French school . The schoolmaster agreed that sometimes our tourists and US visitors can be a bit overbearing and tiresome.
Then he took them on a field trip not too far from the D-Day beaches. He pointed at a huge field filled with crosses and markers.
At that point he said, in spite of the various shortcomings individuals may have, each one of those white markers laid out in innumerable neat rows, marks the final resting place of vast numbers of American young men who came here to help deliver us from evil. They will not be going back to their homes and families but made an ultimate sacrifice in part for us. Please don't forget that .
Those thousands of crosses and markers brought an instant silence to all the young people's jokes and dismissals of "dumb" Americans ..... and a better understanding of the wider picture.
That made me tear up.
John Kuvakas reacted