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Post by SeaRat on May 31, 2021 11:57:04 GMT -8
I hope everyone is safe and well. Our observance of Memorial Day this year is rather low-key. We went out on a walk of several hours long, and watched a formation of 12 single prop aircraft fly over, paying homage to those lost in our various wars.
John
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Post by nikeajax on May 31, 2021 13:47:11 GMT -8
John, thanks for sharing with us  We're going for a walk this afternoon up in the hills that are just above the Hayward Fault Line: from there you can see both the Bay Bridge and Golden Gate that are directly across, due west, then in the north you can see Mount Tamalpais (the sleeping maiden) and to the south Mount Umunhum (home of the hummingbird). This morning we had a long philosophical discussion with our niece about all the footage coming out as of late about the UAP's (unidentified aerial phenomena) as UFO's are now being called: that's a whole lot to think about! Jaybird |
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Post by vance on May 31, 2021 14:14:10 GMT -8
Just a post to recognize our Vets. It isn't just a day off.
As one of the 10% of Americans who are Vets, including the many w/o citizenship (whom I consider Americans + regardless), please accept my appreciation for your service.
It wasn't easy, and some paid terrible mental and physical prices. Fortunately, I was not one of those.
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Post by nikeajax on May 31, 2021 14:57:25 GMT -8
We need to appreciate all veterans, everywhere! One of my favorite painters, Otto Dix, fought in "The War to End All Wars", WW-I, which as we all know it was anything but that: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_DixWhen he came back he created art works showing what it was like and how governments take advantage of veterans. One of the images we got to see at the Tate Museum when we were in the UK a few years back was this:  "Stormtroopers Advancing Under Gas"Needless to say that Mr. Dix was hated by the Nazis! I was almost in tears so many times while looking that the exhibit. For instance one of the paintings by a British artist showed two dead soldiers in a muddy field, but when it was originally exhibited the British government censured it by blacking out the bodies?!??! Here's a truly haunting image by Tom Lea called "The Two-Thousand Yard Stare"
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Post by SeaRat on May 31, 2021 16:51:26 GMT -8
JB, In your post above, the eyes tell the story. All, At 3:00 PM this afternoon, May 31, 2021 I wanted to participate in the Taps Across America event, and so I went out to my front driveway, and sang Taps. I do not play an instrument, and a bit rusty at singing as our church choir has not met in over a year. But I wanted to do this, and upload it to the Taps Across America Facebook page. But their upload would not work for this, so I'm putting it up here. I was thinking specifically of Jim Thomas and Al Avery, USAF Pararescuemen who never came back from Vietnam. They were lost in separate rescue missions in Vietnam. I was also thinking of my fellow Pararescuemen (PJs) who have now passed, including Duane Hackney, Rick Harder, Randy McComb, Bob Means, and Terry Wetzel (Kathleen Wetzel's husband). This was for them.  37th ARRSq Jolly Return-Al on hose copy by John Ratliff, on Flickr  _MG_4367 by John Ratliff, on Flickr  _MG_4362 by John Ratliff, on Flickr  _MG_4354 by John Ratliff, on Flickr  _MG_4348 by John Ratliff, on Flickr John |
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