Friday, May 27, 2011

Memorial Day 2011

 


 As I approach the gates of heaven;
St. Peter I will tell;
One more soldier reporting sir;
I've served my time in hell.

-Mark Anthony Gresswell

11 blew out from under the bed:

W said...

I love that quote. True unto the end.

Red Shoes said...

Yep... I was thinking of my late brother-in-law this morning... his first day of combat in WWII was at Normandy Beach on D-Day... he later served at The Battle of the Bulge. Those were two of the biggest applications of Hell from WWII of which I am aware...

~shoes~

Ron said...

Beautiful post, Nitebyrd!

And thank you for posting it.

LOVE the photo and quote!

Have wonderful Memorial Day, Sis!

X, ya!

flying solo said...

Sad but true... God Bless those that gave their life so that we might live in freedom...

Nicely done Nitebyrd!

Akelamalu said...

Nice tribute x

CrystalChick said...

Thanks for the remembrance.
Hope you are having a good weekend. xo

UP said...

Have a great Memorial Day!

UP

Anonymous said...

Truer words could not be spoken...

nitebyrd said...

Thank you all. Growing up during the Viet Nam war and now living through what has been going on for years, I appreciate our military men and women more than I can express. We all should take more than one day to remember those that gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms.

UBERMOUTH said...

Touching quote.

nitebyrd said...

Ubermouth ~ It is. And I believe very true for those who've served in combat.