[MR] Memorial Day

[Karen Hume]

    Every war has had its victims who came home looking healthy but in sore
need of help.  I lost mine - Baron Temur - in January of this year.  He had
stories from Vietnam that he happily shared and others he would not even
share with me.  Fortunately the U.S. is finally recognizing those
after-effects and doing something for our soldiers and their support troops
that are as easily affected simply because they are there - supporting
those troops.
    I'm as happy to thank a living soldier whose job was working in the
motor pool as I am the guy carrying the gun, because he might be the very
reason a jeep was able to make it into the hills of Vietnam or the desert
of Iraq to pull those fighting men or women to safety. You don't have to
carry a rifle to get PTSD or shell-shock - you just have to have been there.

Do what you can to support our members of all our armed forces - celebrate
Memorial Day whatever way you want but celebrate it for Our troops
sake...They deserve that and much, much more.

Chagan

On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Baron Mungoe <mungoe1 at msn.com> wrote:

> Ya know what, sometimes to a vet memorial day can bring about mixed
> feelings. It is nice to have a day to remember those that have served and
> are still doing so, but what about the rest of the year? Not trying to
> bring done all the efforts I have seen this weekend at the joust, but I
> think that some of the things we in the kingdom started to do at the start
> of the war(s) should be brought back.
> I seem to recall that Duke Logan during one of his reigns tried to start a
> tradition that has fallen off. What was done was that after the traditional
> toasts were done, a last one was said something like- "To those that have
> served and those that have fallen." We need to bring that back.
> Does anyone know how many Atlantians have served in the last ten years,
> and have come back needing Help? There was talk of tracking that at the
> start of the war. These service people are much more in need then those
> that served in my time. Longest I was under harms way was 30 days or so,
> these days they are running into years. Maybe we should look into that if
> any has a idea how to do so?
> How many of us have someone in harms way, and are supporting them by email
> and or reg mail? I have a household member in Afganistan, and am trying to
> show him support by keeping communication open. You would not believe how
> much joy a box of sweets or something helps. If you desire, the USO has a
> "penpal" program you can adopt a service man to wright to.
>
> Enough said, do not want to appear to rant.
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: J. C. Smith
> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 12:20 PM
> To: Merry Rose
> Subject: Re: [MR] Memorial Day
>
> I will add my thanks to those who have served our country.  I appreciate
> all you have done for us, and continue to do.
>
> Today, however, is about those who have died in that service.  I know many
> of them, and I salute them today.
>
> Barcsi Janos
>
> JEFFREY C. SMITH
>
> "All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else." -
> John Wayne in In Harm's Way (1965)
>
>
>
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>> From: Karen Hume <chagankhulan at gmail.com>
>> To: ""Atlantia"" <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
>> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 9:51 AM
>> Subject: [MR] Memorial Day
>>
>> Just a short but heart felt "THANK YOU" to our members of the armed forces
>> - both past and present - for all you've done for your country and your
>> fellow citizens.
>>
>> THANKS!!!
>>
>> Chagan
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