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Memorial Day Reflections
Alone and far removed from earthly care
The noble ruins of men lie buried here. You were strong men, good men Endowed with youth and much the will to live I hear no protest from the mute lips of the dead. They rest; there is no more to give. So long my comrades, Sleep ye where you fell upon the field. But tread softly please March o?er my heart with ease March on and on, But to God alone we kneel. Audie Murphy ?Tell them of us? and say, For their tomorrow, We gave our today." -- The Kohima Epitaph "War drew us from our homeland in the sunlit springtime of our youth. Those who did not come back alive remain in perpetual springtime -- forever young -- And a part of them is with us always." -- Author Unknown When he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night, And pay no worship to the garish sun. -William Shakespeare Do not stand at my grave and weep; I am not there. I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow; I am diamond glints of snow; I am sunlight on ripened grain; I am the gentle autumn's rain. When you waken in morning's hush; I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft star that shines at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry; I am not there, I did not die. - Unknown If you are able, save them a place inside of you and save one backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go. Be not ashamed to say you loved them, though you may or may not have always. Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own. And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind. - Major Michael Davis O'Donnell The Wall "Look deeply into my black granite face and see yourself in the reflection - your face, super-imposed on names. Never forget the names, the names, the names - for they hold the answer." Terrence O'Donnell, Esq. (USAF) Vietnam 1969-1970
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