Memorial Day 2024 - Carolina Field of Honor
Attended by Jason Ford (left) and Greg Chase (right).
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Wreaths Across America - 2024
Westlawn Garden of Memory, Clemmons, NC
Our second participation in this moving affair (wording below) was highlighted by the attendance of the Sugar Valley Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol.
Further contact with these fine young men and women is anticipated with an especial view towards further encouraging their interest and participation in the military.
Extracts from presentation by Ms. Connie Baker
Right now, across the country at more than 1,100 memorial sites…. we are gathered as one nation to Remember, Honor and Teach. We are all proud to be Americans that live in a free society made of many people, from many walks of life. The freedoms we enjoy today have not come without a price. Lying here before us, and in cemeteries throughout this nation, are men and women who gave their lives so that we can live in freedom and without fear. We can worship as we see fit. We can raise our children to believe as we do. We can travel from one end of this great nation to the other and not have to ask permission to go. We are free to vote for whomever we feel should be in government office, without explanation needed. We have the right to succeed and we have the right to fail at whatever endeavor we wish to pursue.
The United States of America was founded on the ideals of Freedom, Justice and Equality. Our Nation stands as a shining beacon of liberty and freedom to the world. We thank those who gave their lives to keep us free and we shall not forget them. We Shall Remember.
Quoting our 40th US President, Ronald Reagan, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We do not pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children, and our children’s children, what it was once like in the United States where men were free”
Today we show a united front of gratitude and respect across the United States of America as we REMEMBER the Fallen, HONOR those who serve, and TEACH our children the value of freedom.
Lcdr Bill Cranfill surprised by fellow Naval Officer
A shadow box recalling his service
Arriving completely by surprise, friends from Ohio delivered this stunning shadow box of memorabilia from Bill's career in the Navy as a an officer of the JAG Corp.
Triad Honor Flight's final for 2023
Jackie Kohler and team deliver another huge success
Our own Greg Bean and Vernon Robinson were among the honored on this flight..
Other members who attended the return were moved almost beyond words by the warmth and energy of the crowd welcoming these warriors back from their day in Washington, DC. Family members, but many others simply wanting to attend in recognition and thanks for the service given to the citizens of the US.
50th Anniversary of the US exit from Vietnam
The following is from the March issue of the VFW MAGAZINE:
"...By March 29, 1973, all U.S. combat troops had left the country, (Vietnam).
U.S. military advisors to the South Vietnamese army and Marine guards at
the U.S. Embassy in Saigon remained until the fall of the city in 1975.
From Jan. 1, 1965, to March 28, 1973, a total of 2,594,000 U.S. troops-
including 7,484 women- served within the borders of South Vietnam. During
that same time period, a total of 3,403,100 U.S. troops, (including 514,300
offshore) served in the Southeast Asia Theater, which included Vietnam, Laos,
Cambodia, Thailand, and the South China Sea.
According to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation, a total of 58,281
U.S. troops were killed in the war."
Here are some interesting facts about the names that are on the Vietnam
War Memorial Wall:
There are three sets of fathers and sons on the Wall.
39,996 on the Wall were just 22 or younger.
8,283 were just 19 years old.
The largest age group, 33,103 were 18 years old.
12 soldiers on the Wall were 17 years old.
5 soldiers on the Wall were 16 years old.
One soldier, PFC Dan Bullock was 15 years old.
997 soldiers were killed on their first day in Vietnam.
1,448 soldiers were killed on their last day in Vietnam.
31 sets of brothers are on the Wall.
Thirty-one sets of parents lost two of their sons.
54 soldiers attended Thomas Edison High School in Philadelphia.
8 Women are on the Wall. Nursing the wounded.
244 soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War;
153 of them are on the Wall.
Beallsville, Ohio with a population of 475 lost 6 of her sons.
West Virginia had the highest casualty rate per capita in the nation.
There are 711 West Virginians on the Wall.
The most casualty deaths in a single day was on January 31, 1968,
with 245 deaths.
The most casualty deaths in a single month was in May 1968,
with 2,415 casualties incurred.
MAY WE NEVER FORGET, THAT FREEDOM IS NOT FREE!
GOD BLESS ALL THOSE THAT SERVED IN THAT TERRIBLE WAR!
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