A discussion of usless info I find laying around.

I was watching a show about the battle for Iwo Jima this evening. I sat and watched thinking about the sacrifice of others. Tens of thousands of young Marines half my age at that time and now twice my age suffered through hell on earth. The battle of Iwo Jima is well known, as it should be and points out how brutal war can be. My thoughts then went to all those other soldiers who must have thought the same thing about the spot on earth they were fighting on. The list is endless in the fight for freedom. There are the well known battles Iwo jima, Market Garden, Bastogne, D-Day, Pusan, Inchon, Chosin, Tet, Khe Sanh, Desert Storm and Fallujah. But between these battles we know the names of there have been thousands of other battles that have been fought by American soldiers that we don’t know the names of. The soldiers that fought them do, all these battles have meant the same thing to those that fought in them in my opinion. Each battle weather named or not has the same consequence to those who fight it, Life and Death. The soldier that is killed feels the pain of the moment in battle, but there is always a family left on earth who feel that loss for a lifetime.

On this Memorial day I will mourn those that have died for my freedom to watch shows about their heroism in my comfy spot in America. I will also say a prayer for those wounded and still out there doing what needs to be done to protect my freedoms.

I am a father of 3 children and would like in my little way to thank you for sacrificing so much to protect me and my family. Every day we wake up in America to a life of freedom and prosperity we owe a debt of thanks to you. I am proud to be an American and a lot of that pride comes from the way our military does the job they do and the way they do it.

I feel that pride when I see you have dispatched one of our enemies (and the more brutally the better IMO). I also feel that pride when I see you handing out toys and candy to the children in the war zone. Your days are hard, you have to put up with heat, cold, rain, snow, sand storms and physical exhaustion. Those of us at home would complain if there are more than 2 people in line at the checkout, we piss and moan at the price of gas and the list goes on. Yet when I see our soldiers speak it is always about the hardship of one of their fellow soldiers instead of their own suffering.

We all hope for your safe return. I selfishly hope for this because the Best of America is currently overseas and we need you here to infect the rest of us with your attitude and pride.

Sincerely
William.