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Very good article.
America's Honor: The Stories Behind Memorial Day
BY PETER COLLIER
Monday, May 28, 2007 12:01 a.m. EDT
In my own boyhood, figures such as Jimmy Doolittle, Audie Murphy and John Basilone were household names. And it was assumed that what they had done defined us as well as them, telling us what kind of nation we were. But the 110 Medal recipients alive today are virtually unknown except for a niche audience of warfare buffs. Their heroism has become the military equivalent of genre painting. There's something wrong with that.
Read some of the stories at the link above. May our Veterans be blessed and honored among us.
Hat-Tip to Jack's Shack for link.
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