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Memorial Day 2003
With Memorial Day coming up I thought I'd post this for all to see the sacrifices made throughout our history by the men and women who have answered the call.
I'll be attending services in 2 different cities here in my county. Regardless of where you may be or what you may be doing on Monday, 26 May, I hope all will take a moment and remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. A TIME TO HONOR? A TIME TO REMEMBER In 1868, General John A. Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, proclaimed May 30 as Memorial Day. Decoration Day, as it was originally known, was designated as a day to remember those who died during the Civil War. Until World War I, the South did not recognize May 30 and honored Confederate dead on separate days throughout the year. Today, millions honor the Nation?s war dead on the last Monday in May, designated as the Memorial Day federal holiday. Revolutionary War ? 1775-1783 Est. total who served: 184,000 to 250,000 Total deaths: 4,435 War of 1812 ? 1812-1815 Total who served: 286,730 Total deaths: 2,260 Mexican War ? 1846-1848 Total who served: 78,718 Total deaths: 13,283 Civil War ? 1861-1865 Total Union forces ? 2,213,363 Total Union deaths ? 364,511 Est. Confederate forces ? 600,000 to 1,500,000 Est. Confederate deaths ? 133,321 to 164,820 Spanish-American War ? 1898 Total who served: 306,760 Total deaths: 2,446 World War I ? 1917-18 Total who served: 4,734,991 Total deaths (including those killed in the Russian intervention August 1919 ? April 1920): 11,516 World War II ? 1941-1946 Total who served: 16,112,566 Total deaths: 405,399 Korean War ? 1950-1953 Total who serve: 5,720,000 Total deaths: 36,568 (final list still being compiled) Vietnam War ? 1964-1973 Total who served: 8,744,000 Total deaths: 58,203 (casualty records still being compiled) Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm ? 1990-1991 Est. total who served: 467,939 to 665,476 Total deaths: 382 Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan and the Philippines) ? 2002-2003 Total deaths (unofficial): 80 Operation Iraqi Freedom -- 2003 Total deaths (unofficial): 133 Approximately 362 armed service members have died in operations other than these major conflicts. These include the Iranian hostage rescue mission, Lebanon peacekeeping, Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada, Operation Just Cause in Panama, Operation Restore Hope in Somalia and Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti.
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billr
Every year, the local chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Hart, (chapter 1919 in Austin) is the leader and chief organizer of a Memorial Day ceremony. This year it will be held at the Capital Park Cemetery, just north of Austin. I plan on being in attendance, proudly wearing my uniform that still fits! Naturally, I would encourage all my brothers and sisters to pause just a moment, to attend a ceremony if at all possible, and to offer praise and thanksgiving to Our Almighty for the magficient blessings of this great land!
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To all who served and payed the ultimate price
Thank you.
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Korea?
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The Department of Defense reports that 54,246 American service men and women lost their lives during the Korean War. This includes all losses world wide. Since the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC honors all U.S. Military who lost their lives during the War, it has tried to obtain the names of those who died in other areas besides Korea during the period June 27, 1950 to July 27, 1954, one year after the Korean Armistice. At the memorial is a Honor Roll database where all 54,246 should be listed.
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This is a good tribute
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so the deaths..
listed above for Korea ( 36,568 ) are just combat related on the Korean Peninsula for 3 years..what were the other 18,000+ deaths related to ? Sorry..just cornfused...
Larry
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I am not certain of the reasoning behind the count.
They are counting all service deaths in the period mentioned.
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Fiddler's Green
Halfway down the road to hell
in a shady meadow green are the souls of all dead troopers camped near a good old-time canteen. And this eternal resting place is known as Fiddlers Green. Marching past, straight through to hell, the Infantry are seen accompanied by the Engineers, Artillery and Marines. For none but the shades of Cavalrymen dismount at fiddler's green Though some go curving down the trail to seek a warmer scene, no trooper ever gets to hell ere he's emptied his canteen, and so rides back to drink again with friends at Fiddler's Green. And so when man and horse go down beneath a saber keen, or in a roaring charge or fierce melee you stop a bullet clean, and the hostiles come to get your scalp, just empty your canteen, and put your pistol to your head and go to Fiddlers Green.
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