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2015-05-24T23:08:35-04:00 2015-05-24T23:08:35-04:00 Sgt Jerami Ballard 693892

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>A nice little recap of the history of a truly humbling holiday. I remember my father would tell me every year that it is a day none of us could ever own, as it will only and always belong to our dead. I could celebrate it however I wanted to but he always did it the same, a beer in one hand and a notebook in the other. A powerful image I can recall clearly to this day.

2015-05-25T00:15:30-04:00 2015-05-25T00:15:30-04:00 LTC David S. Chang, ChFC®, CLU® 693914

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Thanks for sharing!

2015-05-25T00:24:18-04:00 2015-05-25T00:24:18-04:00 COL Charles Williams 693935

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Thanks for sharing <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="452047" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/452047-gysgt-wayne-a-ekblad">GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad</a>

2015-05-25T00:40:42-04:00 2015-05-25T00:40:42-04:00 MSgt Private RallyPoint Member 694041

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Great post Gunny!

2015-05-25T02:46:35-04:00 2015-05-25T02:46:35-04:00 SPC Charles Brown 694047

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><br />Thank you so much for posting this reminder of what Memorial Day really is, and is supposed to mean to all of Americans.

2015-05-25T02:54:18-04:00 2015-05-25T02:54:18-04:00 2015-05-24T23:08:35-04:00