Let us remember those who passed away while in service to our nation whether it be on the battle field or out in civilian life. It is also important to remember those who sacrificed their minds, their souls, and their bodies yet they still continue to live on. People with broken and shattered bodies, and minds that deal with the aftermath of war everyday, all day, until they are finally called "home". The loss of extremities is quite common today as result of booby traps, roadside bombs, and regular gunfire. The neuropathic pain from a limb no longer there is quite severe at times. The people who suffered severe neurological damage from roadside bombs are all too common as well. The mental and psychological suffering of those who have witnessed man's unspeakable depths of evil will always haunt them until they are called "home". The "survivor's" guilt of those who come home yet their buddy who just feet away is gone... Let us remember them. This is very hard for them to deal with, understand, and ever feel good about just living. Because.... Their friend is gone. And yet they are still here.
To me Memorial Day is about remembering all of those who served. Whether they be those who passed away on there battlefield or those who live with permanent damage as a result of serving this nation of ours. Let us remember that pure evil still exists in this world. Those who do not see others as people at all. Thus justifying the killing of those people. This foul stench of depravity has a familiar smell to those who witnessed the concentration camps of WW two. This growing evil will continue to fester if left unchecked. The Waffen SS mentality is alive and well today... Only if good men and women stand up will this foulest, most deprave, and most sadistic way of thinking be put down. It will likely be the current generation and possibly the next generations fight to "save" this world. Let all of us who believe in the sanctity of all life, the belief in true religious freedom, true rights of women, let us stand up against this Neanderthal, barbarism, and evil that is growing. Let us be of account... Like our great grandfather's, our grandfather's and grandmother's before us. Evil and darkness grows strongest when there is no counter to it. Today let us be the one's to counter it, let us remember those who fought it before us, let us remember those who suffered greatly fighting it before us and let us remember those who suffer today who have already faced this evil.