ON MEMORIAL DAY WE HONOR AND GIVE THANKS TO OUR VETERANS

We remember, we honor, we should never forget those who have served our country.  Memorial Day gives us a day when we can all pause, remember and give thanks to those who have served in our Armed Forces and especially those who have given the ultimate sacrifice, their lives, to give us the freedoms we enjoy and take for granted.

Tom served 4 years in the Navy on a destroyer in the Middle East.

Uncle Pat fought with General Patton all the way up the Italian boot and was the gunner on the first American tank to cross the Rhein River.

My Dad received an appointment to Annapolis.  However, he found that he wasn't a citizen.  The judge had started to put his name on his Dad's paper when it was discovered he was too old to be put on the citizenship papers of a parent.  When WWII started, he was too old to serve in the military.  He joined the Civil Air Patrol.  He flew troops, in his own planes at his own expense, for quick trips home before deployment overseas.

Mitch, son, gave 6 years to his country serving in the Air Force in England and Montana.