Red and Rover by Brian Basset for May 28, 2018

Well said, Rover.

I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. Nathan Hale

The average American is nothing if not patriotic. Herbert Croly

A man’s country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle. George William Curtis

I was just mere lad during Vietnam but I was well aware that my uncle was there. Three tours as a Dustoff. As an adult I have asked him, and as so many more he will not talk of it.I am thankful he made it home, as so many did not. I do not know one singe name on the Vietnam Memorial Wall, but to stand in front of it I can not help but to cry for every single name engraved upon it.

One of Brian’s best!

Wow! How did you get such a wise dog, Red?

Thank you for your service.

Seems throughout the years, we have gotten to know Uncle Jimmy…we salute and honor your bravery…thank you, Brian…always all our love to Red and Rover

A really smart dog there.

Thank you for observing the reason for our FREEDOMS!!!

Well done! There are so many stories to be told by so many vets. Maybe we’ll get a chance some day.

Well said Rover.

Once again you nailed it Brian,thanks

Rover, you made Red happy and us reflective!

Now let’s all run out and support the NFL players that kneel when they play our Country’s National Anthem. They don’t like this Country…..they can leave.

Clap your hands and stomp your feet, till you find that gospel beat, he’s all you ever need….

Rover is right. However Red, you can ask your mom or dad about your uncle Jimmy, (whoever’s brother he was) and they’ll tell you what they know.

My uncle was in Burma in WWII. He didn’t talk about it much with most folks but for some reason he did with my little brother and me. Not too detailed but he did say it was rough.

As for Viet Nam. I was going to both graduate and turn 18 on 5/29/73. My lottery number for that day was 14 and I had thought I was gone. I’m thinking it was anything under 50 and you were pretty much going to get the letter. The war ended earlier in ’73 during my senior year and I never had to go. To say I was a little relieved is an understatement. I went on to work for a power company for over 40 years around a lot of ex-Navy folks. From being around so many of them I have a very great deal of respect for those who served.

Thank you for this wonderful tribute to our fallen!

Amen!

My mother was a Lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps. during WW2. She told me some stories about it, but when it came to talking about the nurses at Corregidor, she would stop. Such a sadness crossed her face and after all those years, tears would still well up in her eyes. She took care of a lot of them as her patients and she knew some of them personally. I think that time really followed her all her years. She went on to work at Walter Reed Army Hospital where she either took care of or met, Jimmy Doolittle, Eleanor Roosevelt, General Blackjack Pershing, and General George Patton. When she met my dad and got married, she came to work at our local hospital for about 35 years, back in the day, WHEN YOU COULD TELL who the nurses were because they wore white. She always had her duty shoes polished, her cap starched, etc. She was very proud of her cap and pin! Gosh, I miss my mom!