Where are your top choices you would like to spend on Memorial Day?

CPT Jacob Swartout — Sun, 25 May 2014 17:14:57 -0400

Here are some examples:
1. Normandy
2. Washington DC
3. USS Arizona Memorial/Pearl Harbor
4. Iwo Jima
5. France or Germany

Response by MSG Martin C. made May 25 at 2014 5:30 PM

MSG Martin C. — Sun, 25 May 2014 17:30:07 -0400

I am station in DC so I guess this will be my top choice. However I am on shift tonight not by choice.....

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made May 25 at 2014 7:27 PM

MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca — Sun, 25 May 2014 19:27:34 -0400

No need to type my list because you did it for me CPT Swartout. Apparently great minds (I'm actually a legend in my own) think alike.

My 1 bucket list item is to tour Europe following the Allied advance. I recently watched a PBS special following the Easy Company 2/506 PIR vets stopping at some of their old battle sites and it was amazing to see how they remembered everything from almost 70 years ago.

Response by SFC Kevin Cornett made May 25 at 2014 7:45 PM

SFC Kevin Cornett — Sun, 25 May 2014 19:45:14 -0400

This is tough... But to be honest; wherever my Brothers are that we can commiserate together; that's where I'd prefer to be.

Response by CPT Chase Sanger made May 25 at 2014 8:56 PM

CPT Chase Sanger — Sun, 25 May 2014 20:56:33 -0400

All great choices! I would put Normandy at the top of my list as well. This year would have been special as it is the 70th anniversary of the D-Day Landings. I would love to try and go for the 75th anniversary. It is sad that we are losing our WWII veterans on a daily basis. My grandfather served in the Philippines during the war and passed away several years back.

Response by SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member made May 25 at 2014 9:08 PM

SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 25 May 2014 21:08:05 -0400

I would love to go back to Pearl Harbor.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made May 25 at 2014 9:55 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 25 May 2014 21:55:56 -0400

Hands down, at home with my wife and boy.

Response by SPC Charles Brown made May 25 at 2014 10:32 PM

SPC Charles Brown — Sun, 25 May 2014 22:32:43 -0400

Home with my wife and grandson.
Seonyu ri Korea, praying over the graves of my wife and son.
Kansas City Missouri praying over the graves of my military family members.
Lost somewhere in the woods camping away from everyone.
Getting together with some of my brothers from 4th BN. 31st INF. Regiment.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 25 at 2014 10:38 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 25 May 2014 22:38:39 -0400

Normandy would be a great place to be on Memorial Day, even though I have been there already. I think I would love to be back in Netherlands at the Margraten American Cemetery, because the Dutch love and respect our veterans and fallen so much! It is an awesome place to be!

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made May 25 at 2014 11:24 PM

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 25 May 2014 23:24:07 -0400

Pearl Harbor and Normandy for me....

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 26 at 2014 9:57 AM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 26 May 2014 09:57:55 -0400

I'm in DC this year, but I'd love to go to Pearl Harbor!

Response by MSG Wade Huffman made May 26 at 2014 8:51 PM

MSG Wade Huffman — Mon, 26 May 2014 20:51:25 -0400

Just returned home from spending the weekend in the DC area with some very close military friends.

Response by CPT Jacob Swartout made May 26 at 2014 10:16 PM

CPT Jacob Swartout — Mon, 26 May 2014 22:16:44 -0400

One place I would like to visit on Memorial Day would be the Chosin Reservoir. I wouldn't dare venture off into N. Korea to see it for reasons we all know why, given the situation. The Battle of Chosin Reservoir is one that I read a lot on and so many sacrificed their lives in the sub-zero temperatures and the Chinese Communist Forces.