"farscythe - makin da cawfee!" (farscythe)
05/24/2020 at 12:53 • Filed to: None
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"farscythe - makin da cawfee!" (farscythe)
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vondon302
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
05/24/2020 at 13:00 |
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Btw just watched a bridge too far.
Good flick if you know the back story.
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farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> vondon302
05/24/2020 at 13:14 |
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agreed good flick
a lot of the americans burried at margraten werent killed here tho many were killed around germany but they didnt want to bury them in enemy territory...and thats how they got here
theres also at least one really unlucky tank gunner there...got hit in the head by his gun after a low hanging branch hit it
theres been a big project trying to match all the graves to the pictures and stories belonging to them... was supposed to be shown this year as its been 75 years...but rona
atfsgeoff
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
05/24/2020 at 13:15 |
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At 2:55 in the video it brings up Earl Joseph Lawson, who is described as a farmer and single, with no dependents. No birth date listed. KIA April 13th 1945.
His listing strikes me as even more depressing than most, because his grave stone and brief military record are probably the only evidence of his very existence. No friends or relatives to even provide a birth date. He’s just one step away from being an Unknown Soldier, completely forgotten to history. And it’s sad that the only reason we, or anyone,
knows
of him is because of the circumstances of his death.
DipodomysDeserti
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
05/24/2020 at 13:30 |
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Beautiful. Thank you for remembering them.
I usually bring my kids to our city’s veterans memorial garden today. Not sure I can handle it this year. The Vietnam vets show up to pay their respects to their lost friends. It’s hard to witness the pain on their faces.
Oppo, take some time to remember a couple guys I knew. Tommy and Michael. Tommy was a combat marine that my family tried to help out but couldn’t. Michael was a classmate of mine and a member of the 101st Airborne division. They weren’t killed in combat but were most definitely casualties of the Iraq war.
Let’s all try to love each other today. That’s what Memorial Day is really about.
“Our mates are diamonds and we shine like steel, can’t beat us down, the wounds will never heal. Can’t take us, for a ride, can’t rob a warrior of his pride. Warriors.”
415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> atfsgeoff
05/24/2020 at 13:39 |
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Yeah there are quite a few of those, m y family is in the Pacific on Oahu and fought in the pacific, my great uncle died on day one on the USS Oklahoma at Pearl. His name is on a memorial wall and the Navy knows his details. I was once called by a graduate student working on a project trying to get more information so we told him what he needed. We gave them a few pictures for the expanded records.
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DipodomysDeserti
> atfsgeoff
05/24/2020 at 13:55 |
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His buddies knew him, and I guarantee you they remembered him. And now we’re both remembering him. Write his name down and make sure to remember him at least once a year. I just did. We can make him immortal. He deserves it.
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DipodomysDeserti
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
05/24/2020 at 13:59 |
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I’ll be dropping a beer off for your uncle at the USS Arizona memorial today. I know you have buddies who are thirsty. Let me know how many cases I need to bring.
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vondon302
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
05/24/2020 at 14:13 |
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Thanks cool info.
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vondon302
> atfsgeoff
05/24/2020 at 14:14 |
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Humbleing indeed
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farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> vondon302
05/24/2020 at 14:17 |
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should be doing it next year now
assuming im still here by then ill try to do them justice with a proper post
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vondon302
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
05/24/2020 at 14:21 |
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Amen buddy.