Red and Rover by Brian Basset for May 27, 2019

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    Alondra  over 5 years ago

    Very touching. Thank you for your service Uncle Jimmy and all of our vets!

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    Yakety Sax  over 5 years ago

    The cost……

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    robertolopezuk  over 5 years ago

    Beautiful.

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      over 5 years ago

    This just warms my heart.

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    rentier  over 5 years ago

    Good bye!!

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    Catfeet Premium Member over 5 years ago

    Beautifully said. Thank you Brian, Red, Rover, Uncle Jimmy, and all those who gave all.

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    mymontana  over 5 years ago

    May God Bless

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    rudym300  over 5 years ago

    Thank you Brian Basset.

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    asrialfeeple  over 5 years ago

    Very touching.

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    uncleskull  over 5 years ago

    God bless all who perished defending our freedom.

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    assrdood  over 5 years ago

    Made my eyes sweat.

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    LadyPeterW  over 5 years ago

    Check out “Wizard of ID”, I put “In Flanders Field” in the comments section.

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    Nighthawks Premium Member over 5 years ago

    check out ‘Cleo and Company’ for Memorial day animation:

    http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy

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    hfelder7219  over 5 years ago

    Brain always does the best Memorial Day tribute.

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    I'll fly away  over 5 years ago

    My dad served during the Korean war in the U.S. Navy. I am appreciative of all those who gave their lives for the cause of a republican democracy. Thank you to all of our living vets.

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    rickmac1937 Premium Member over 5 years ago

    Thank you for your service uncle jimmy

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    sarahbowl1 Premium Member over 5 years ago

    I’m with everyone here. A touching tribute from Brian, Red and Rover. Thank you.

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    car2ner  over 5 years ago

    https://wtop.com/memorial-day/2019/05/photos-run-for-the-wall-bikers-pay-tribute-to-those-killed-in-combat/slide/7/ to all of our “uncles”.

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    dgibson5959  over 5 years ago

    You can always count on Red and Rover to remember the REAL reason for this holiday. Well done.

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    lillithane1  over 5 years ago

    There is nothing “happy” about Memorial Day….. It is a day to remember those who gave all for our freedom…… Freedom is NOT free!!

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    mdulick  over 5 years ago

    Brian – Wish you could compile all of the past Memorial Day, Pearl Harbor Day, and Veteran’s Day tributes over the years into a book. Thanks for honoring our vets and thanks to our veterans for their service.

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    raptor  over 5 years ago

    Forever Remembered, Forever Missed

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    kontiki744  over 5 years ago

    Nicely done. Thanx

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    El Cobbo Grande  over 5 years ago

    And my uncles Joe and Leonard

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    Old Man River  over 5 years ago

    Thank you to all the veterans from all the wars or Police actions. and thanks to the families whose loved one didn’t return.

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    sheashea  over 5 years ago

    Thank you Brian Basset.

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    Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo]  over 5 years ago

    Sadly most of those deaths since 1945 haven’t been for protecting us at all. They still died, and should be honored for their sacrifice. But we need to be realistic. Wars should be last resort not a means of funding the perpetual war machine and the wealth of the war corporations. The dead must be honored and remembered for what they had done and paid for with their lives. A somber day.

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    graham.barbara39  over 5 years ago

    Thank you Uncle Jimmy. RIP

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    mrrescueguy51  over 5 years ago

    My cousin PFC Frederick Carlson US Army gave up his futures on Sept 26 1968 in South Vietnam.

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    poopsypoo Premium Member over 5 years ago

    How sweet of Red!!! I had a friend killed in Vietnam. I didn’t find out until a few years ago. All this time I thought he had a family and all. My tears run deep at the thought of him dying all those years ago & I didn’t know. I do now!ThankYou, John! For everything!

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    askaMoose  over 5 years ago

    62 years ago today while stationed in England with the Air Force I had the opportunity to visit the American Cemetery in Cambridge. The sight of those endless rows of crosses and stars remains vividly etched in my memory to this day.

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    BrookFan  over 5 years ago

    Take time this weekend to remember what Memorial Day is really about. I got to thinking about the losses suffered by those brave bomber crews of the Eighth Air Force that flew the daylight precision air raids over Germany. we had the Norden Bomb Site and so we were tasked with destroying the factory’s in Germany that made planes,ball-bearings and other weapons of war. The British were tasked with nighttime incendiary raids to burn the major German city’s. General Curtis Lemay was the commander of the 8th Air force at the time and was throwing every available bomber in massive daily raids. The B-17 Flying Fortress with a crew of ten and the B-24 Liberator also crewed with ten were the planes the 8th Air Force used. The horror of the story is the massive losses suffered by these crews flying unescorted into the heart of Germany, every day. they were cut to pieces by the Anti aircraft fire and the ME109s of the Luftwaffe. Three thousand three hundred and seventy nine B-17s and seven hundred and sixty six B-24s were lost over Germany.During World War II, one in three airmen survived the air battle over Europe. The losses were extraordinary. The casualties suffered by the Eighth Air Force were about half of the U.S. Army Air Force’s casualties (47,483 out of 115,332), including more than 26,000 dead. It wasn’t until the P-51 Mustang with long range drop tanks flown buy the Tuskegee Airman that they were able to have fighter air support to and from their targets. We owe a debt to these men of the Greatest Generation who gave their lives for our freedom. Each one of the 4048 stars on the WW ll Memorial stands for one hundred American fighting men and women who lost their lives.

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