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MineralMan

(150,521 posts)
2. I'm sorry about your loss. Truly.
Mon May 26, 2025, 10:29 AM
May 2025

I served in the USAF from 1965-9. No fighting. No action. Just doing what the USAF thought I should be doing during that time. My father was a B-17 pilot in WWII. My wife's father served in WWII and the Korean War as a hospital worker.

All those white headstones always give me pause. So carefully aligned in tightly ordered rows that can be seen from any angle you look. All of those people who gave their time or even their lives to serve their country. It should give anyone pause. I think that is the point of our National Cemeteries.

I will think of you and your husband on that date, which will be my 80th birthday.

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My husband's Internment is scheduled for July 29th there. ProudMNDemocrat May 2025 #1
I'm sorry about your loss. Truly. MineralMan May 2025 #2
Happy Birthday early, MM. ProudMNDemocrat May 2025 #14
A heroic generation. MineralMan May 2025 #18
Wow BonnieJW May 2025 #15
Just as mine was getting out. He had a job waiting for him in San Jose with IBM. ProudMNDemocrat May 2025 #17
. BoRaGard May 2025 #3
When my husband and I lived in DC, we went often to Arlington Cemetery. It's such a allegorical oracle May 2025 #4
Just above on the hill is Arlington House... ProudMNDemocrat May 2025 #16
K&R. Great post MM! bronxiteforever May 2025 #5
Thanks! MineralMan May 2025 #9
Thanks! MineralMan May 2025 #10
Thank you for your service Mblaze May 2025 #6
And to you for yours! MineralMan May 2025 #11
I have been to Fort Snelling two times while I lived in Mpls......somber yet uplifting because we riversedge May 2025 #7
Thanks for posting this, MineralMan! highplainsdem May 2025 #8
If you have never been to a federal cemetery... Grins May 2025 #12
I was at Ft. Snelling Cemetary 2 weeks ago Joe Nation May 2025 #13
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