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One of the most memorable missions I was on in the Reserves was to take a bunch of Cadets to see the AF/Navy football game in Annapolis. We were one of many airplanes and I was just one of several crew-members. We had The AF Falcon Mascot on our jet going there. Along with other attractions, I was honored to be able to walk over to the cemetery with some of the guys. Was able to see the resting place of JFK and his brother. Sunday at Andrews we saw B Clinton getting the hell out of town. Next day was 'Million-Man March'. The 'Good Deal Monitors' put an end to those kinda missions causer of some bad press of another crew following some Basketball Team around on govt time
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I haven't seen Arlington, ET... but I've seen War Memorial Military Cemeteries in Belgium, France and Netherlands. The average ages of the dead in all of them were 20/21 years....some even younger. So sad...and so horrific. Anyone seeing those Memorials must surely wish an end to war forever.
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I have been to Arlington Cemetary. I found the mortal remains of an old boyfriend. He was a schmuck. I would have kicked his tombstone but it was too high. Abracadabra 
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5/29/2018 11:25 am |
I went to Arlington and it was such an emotional experience. It is so sad to think that all those young people were killed. I remember thinking how perfectly aligned the graves were so no matter what angle you stood at they were all in a perfectly straight line. And the grass between the markers was so perfect too. Each blade of grass the exact same height, not a weed in sight. I remember seeing President Kennedy's gravesite too. I can't remember, was that at Arlington?
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5/29/2018 12:46 pm |
Mike and I went to Arlington on one of our trips back from SC. It was a very memorable visit. We went to each ofl the memorials and that aspect was a very educational experience. What I remember most is the Vietman Memorial - as we approached it I physically felt something I'd never felt before. The more we walked the feeling got stronger. It was a pressure of somekind throughout my being - an ice cold feeling that penetrated to the centre of me. It was like feeling the grief and pain of a million souls. I was having trouble breathing, I was being crushed I couldn't stay there, Mike had to help me back to the car. I'd never felt anything like that before or since. The cemetary is a wonderful memorial to all who died in service to their country.
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Interesting. I will search images on the internet.  Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.(Khalil Gibran)
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My visits were similar to Boogie"s--my uncle's (USMC) funeral there, and many years later, his wife's inurnment next to him. It is a solemn place and I think of the quiet as being in such contrast to the chaos of war.
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