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Betsy's avatar

God bless them both.

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Jim Moore's avatar

Quite a story, John! That Jim Moore guy is representing the rest of us Jim Moores quite well.

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A Cynic's avatar

John you're my one link to America as it used to be. Yesterday I honored the memory of my father's younger brother Lt. Seymour Ruchamkin who while serving on USS Cushing at the naval battle at Guadalcanal and under attack by Japanese naval forces lost his life while commanding fire control aboard ship. He was posthumously awarded the Naval Cross. Since the ship never survived he was listed as missing in action. I have memories of my grandmother till the day she died expecting Seymour to walk thru the door one day.

I am an old man with children and grandchildren and fear that that devotion to our country of my father's generation is fading in the younger generations. But thanks to you there are still some fighting to keep it alive and our blessed country safe.

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John A. Lucas's avatar

G' morning my Cynical Friend. I appreciate your comments. I also can emphasize with your family's anguish over your missing Uncle Seymour. My older cousin Bud was a Marine who was reported MIA after the Chosin Reservoir "attack in a different direction." After the truce was signed at Panmunjom, I remember my aunt, my mother, and the entire family scouring the newspaper every day to see if Bud was on the list of previously-unbidentified POW's being returned. Unfortunately, the only list he made was on the memorial wall at The Punchbowl in Honolulu.

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Frank Paynter's avatar

Thanks John for reminding those of us who never served in the military what it is we owe to all those that did, and especially those who gave their lives so we could live ours in peace.

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Ralph Artigliere's avatar

Great and inspiring story for Memorial Day. Thanks John.

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Ken Hargrove's avatar

Will never forget him. Rest in Peace my brother 🫡🇺🇸

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Uncle Roastie's avatar

Decency still exists in some people. May it not become lost.

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Deborah Gregson's avatar

Cpl. Burleson was born on my mom's birthdate. I will attempt to visit his gravesite one day in Asheville. I hadn't thought of going there since the floods.

We'll be going to my father-in-law's grave on Friday, Memorial Day, to place a flag, if the Scouts haven't already. There's a troop in Jamestown, NC, that places flags every Memorial Day and Veterans Day now, so they beat me to it. There's also a Memorial Garden with a brick in his honor at Guilford Memorial Park, we'll visit.

I also remember SSGT Robert H. Gage, 7/3/66, of Ohio, who is MIA. He was my bracelet soldier when I was in high school in 1971, and I wore it for years. I turned the bracelet and my rubbing from the Wall over to the Palm Springs Air Museum, CA, about six years ago, for a display they have on POW/MIAs.

For a dear friend who lost her only child. I remember 2nd Lt. Billy W. Flynn, 1/23/67 KIA, Greensboro, NC.

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Smails The Third's avatar

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