A Toast in Remembrance of the Fallen...

[M2]

Saw this posted on a different forum, felt it was worth sharing here...

Cheers! M2

[DEVIL]

politicians suck.

[M2]

To quote Rainman, "No shit."

Don't let it be a distractor...

[PapaJu]

Pretty incredible story.

[fire4effect]

Parents went to the cemetery at Omaha Beach a few years back. Dad (Vietnam Vet) still get choked up talking about seeing so many headstones in one cemetery and what they represent.

[163 FS]

Great story.

Congressman = Douche

[Kilgore Trout]

Incredible.

[Spur38]

Billy and his widow..... Supposed "Public Servants"

[Crosswind]

Congressman - Pay attention to the French. They are cooler than you.

[contraildash]

The French out there don't forget.

[17D_guy]

I was surprised during my USAFE tour that the French and Belgians still care as much as they do. Maybe not the Paris-types, but all the little towns were very reverent to their local monuments and cemetaries. Very humbling.

[fire4effect]

I was surprised during my USAFE tour that the French and Belgians still care as much as they do. Maybe not the Paris-types, but all the little towns were very reverent to their local monuments and cemetaries. Very humbling.

On the same trip to Normandy they met some residents of Sainte-Mere-Eglise and the locals were surprised that John Steele (the American Paratrooper that landed on the church steeple) was not a household name in the U.S. I admit I didn't remember his name either until they told me. They French locals in Normandy sure remember.

[pcola]

Great story.

[pitts2112]

The Belgians haven't forgotten, either:

Last Post played every night at the Menin Gate at Ypres.

https://www.greatwar.co.uk/events/menin-gate-last-post-ceremony.htm

[Butters]

OK kids, another star from back in that day when TVs were B&W.

Who can forget The Poseidon Adventure(1972 not the stupid new one) Airwolf, McHale's Navy and the Dirty Dozen just to name a few.

[guineapigfury]

You had me at "Airwolf".

[Butters]

I is hard to describe the awesomeness!

[17D_guy]

Well, that's 2 down, one to go for the death hat trick.

Airwolf was only cool beacuse of the hair. FACT.

[Butters]

Airwolf was a supersonic stealth attack helicopter flown out of a secret base inside a mountain and you think the best part was the hair? For shame.

I know, I don't think many people realize the engineering that went into designing a twin blade rotor capable of supersonic flight.

[338skybolt]

I know, I don't think many people realize the engineering that went into designing a twin blade rotor capable of supersonic flight.

C'mon man, it had thrusters!

[Cliff Clavin]

I really enjoyed watching Airwolf growing up. It's on Hulu if you want a flashback to 1986.

What a kick-butt intro.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDsv-sZbulw&feature=related

[17D_guy]

From wiki:

The flying Airwolf helicopter was actually a Bell 222, serial number 47085, sometimes unofficially called a Bell 222A.^[2] During filming of the series, the helicopter was owned by Jetcopters, Inc. of Van Nuys, California.^[3] The helicopter was eventually sold after the show ended and became an ambulance helicopter in Germany, where it crashed in a thunderstorm and was destroyed on June 6, 1992, killing all three crew members.^[4]

I stand by my hair claim. I mean.. just look at it :

[Skitzo]

And the secret to old life via Mr.Borgnine

https://youtu.be/3I_PeLNzxNQ

[MKopack]

While he played the Skipper on the 1960's TV show "McHale's Navy" in real life Gunner's Mate 1st Class Ernest Borgnine was a US Navy WWII Veteran serving from 1935-1945, during the war years aboard USS Lamberton (DD-119). Lamberton served in the Aleutian Campaign and then largely off of the West Coast. He spent a lot of time doing work with Veterans and was also the first person (and one of only roughly 70) to be named as an Honorary Blue Angel.

[TacAirCoug]

Wow. Incredible in so many ways.