Comments on: More like a Monday…

By: herstory07

herstory07 — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:01:32 +0000

Well Joyce, I just took it off of the internet.. and truth be told (it wasn’t copyrighted, I don’t believe), I don’t remember where I found it. In all honesty, it would be best to find the original photographer and get his/her permission. I’m sorry this is so late, I just saw the comment. Hope that helps.

By: andrzej

andrzej — Sat, 23 May 2009 19:20:57 +0000

brakuje mi zdjęć z dominikany i grenady, a i z panamy by się przydały, ale ogolnie it’s quite good

By: Joyce Crotchett

Joyce Crotchett — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:18:27 +0000

This is an inquiry about an image of a wounded comrade being carried 4 soldiers in front of a helicopter. I have written a song in connection with the Vietnam war and preparing a slide show to support the song. It will be put on Lt. Dan’s Band website and YouTube. There is no commercial intent for the slide show. I notice Peter Arnett was credited for this photograph and wonder if this would be all I would need to do to use the same image in my slide show.

Please help if you can.

Thanks.

Joyce

By: herstory07

herstory07 — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:05:08 +0000

SSG C… I appreciate you posting here. Vets are always welcome. Good luck on your next tour and be safe!

By: SSG C

SSG C — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:14:54 +0000

Speaking as a 2 time Operation Iraqi Freedom vet, I can say Memorial Day has a profound meaning to me and I do say Happy due to the fact that it is a day to remember the battle buddies that I have lost in the last 2 tours. I am preparing to go back for my 3rd time and I hope and pray that I only have to remember the fallen from the previous 2. You have captured the true meaning of the holiday and I thank you for it. Thank you. Please if anyone that is reading this thank a vet they have sacrificed themselves and had buddies make the ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms we enjoy today.

By: G

Mon, 26 May 2008 19:19:07 +0000

Thanks, YC.

By: yankeechick

yankeechick — Mon, 26 May 2008 17:11:45 +0000

Oh, Sweetie! This was an awesome post. Nice job. you presented perfectly what Memorial Day is all about. It’s not about killing or Abe Lincoln or JFK or George Bush. As Summerfever so eloquently put it, it is about honoring those who were willing to make a sacrifice to defend this great nation that we have the privilege to call our home.

This is a lovely tribute.

By: herstory07

herstory07 — Mon, 26 May 2008 16:57:44 +0000

I call history “cyclical,” whether people agree with me or not… because, in believing this, I feel that because people do not learn from past mistakes (us, them, and the bigger picture) that we are doomed to repeat it. Consider it like a big fat ole “Ground Hog Day” moment in which we just do the same day over and over again until we get it right. Maybe there is no afterlife, but one day we live over and over again until we right the wrong. Or, something like that.

By: l'empress

l'empress — Mon, 26 May 2008 14:01:13 +0000

When I was a kid, it was Decoration Day, and it was on May 30, not on whatever Monday was convenient. It had a whole different flavor about it then.

I would rather we respected the individuals who serve(d) and not the jacki who sent us into some of these conflicts. And I will decry forever the inability of our leaders to learn from past mistakes and make them over and over.

By: boXx

boXx — Mon, 26 May 2008 12:51:48 +0000

ALL killing is wrong. period.

By: patti

patti — Mon, 26 May 2008 06:54:36 +0000

I always wonder why people say “HAPPY” Memorial Day-is it really a happy day? Its a day to remember the dead-im glad we have this day to pay or respects for those who died!
can you email me and i will give you my password if you still want it~Patti
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By: summerfever

summerfever — Mon, 26 May 2008 05:34:34 +0000

I was thinking this myself earlier, without the gruesome death pics. We have a long history of war, and I daresay they were all unpopular with some group or another to some extent. There were plenty of people who were angry that we went to war with Britain in the war for independence. Good thing nobody took them seriously. My opinion
My son is studying the Civil War right now and remarked the other day about what a waste it was, having finally gotten a handle on it. How stupid it was. I suppose that can be said for all wars. And yet, all wars have an inevitability about them.

And personally, I am proud that we have been the nation to take on the fight against evil in its many forms. Despite the huge personal sacrifices that has necessitated. And like you, I salute those sacrifices.

By: twisterjester

twisterjester — Mon, 26 May 2008 05:32:15 +0000

Thanks for the reminder on Memorial Day. I only wish the rest of the world still respected us.

Oh yeah – they did until GW Bush put his foot (and us) in Iraq. After 9/11 we had the sympathy of the world. All it took was a President who started a war for oil and pretended it was about terrorism.