This one has been harder for me than in the past. The Remembrance Day of year's past- all I had to worry about was polishing my boots and making sure I burned all loose threads off of my uniform. This year, it's a bit different. Now it's not just remembering an impersonal loss through my great-grandparents. Now it's remembering guys I trained with and wishing that I'd been over there with them when they got caught in the flak.

As a former soldier, I thank all of you who are spending this day (or yesterday) in remembrance. You're what makes serving a worthy sacrifice.

:: Salutes Austrian; he deserves it::

:: Salutes her late, sainted Irish grandfather Leo F. Mulhare, who was in the second wave at the Normandy landing on D-Day, June 6th, 1944::

:: Salutes Austrian; he deserves it::

:: Salutes her late, sainted Irish grandfather Leo F. Mulhare, who was in the second wave at the Normandy landing on D-Day, June 6th, 1943::

MatrixRefugee wrote:

:: Salutes Austrian; he deserves it::

:: Salutes her late, sainted Irish grandfather Leo F. Mulhare, who was in the second wave at the Normandy landing on D-Day, June 6th, 1943::

Wasn't it 1944?

~V

Whoops, you're right: I always get confused on that one for some wierd reason.