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     Slaughter |
Memorial Day. Take a moment to remember. Sunny's great uncle John Swackhamer never made it home from France in 1918. He was KIA on 8 October. His remains are interred in France in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery along with more than 14,000 of his brothers-in-arms. He was killed in battle in the last month of the "War to End All Wars" in the battle of Meuse-Argonne in which the largely untrained American Army was thrown against the Germans in what saw the highest loss of life by the US Army in a single day in ANY action before or since. https://www.abmc.gov/node/326938#.V0vIM5ErLIV The photo of him taken at the end of Basic hangs in our living room in its original frame each and every day. There is a short history piece on the battle of Meuse-Argonne by The History Guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X10W7WOZbU    (Message edited by slaughter on May 24, 2019) | ||
| Ourdee |
Very informative links. Well worth the few minutes of viewing. I will pause for John Swackhamer on Memorial Day. | ||
| Ourdee |
If you can, take the picture out of the frame and get some good digital copies of it. May be well worth it in the long run. | ||
| 86129squids |
Thanks for posting, Slaughter. Memorial Day isn't just all about the pool, boating, or BBQ'ing, nopers. Remember and honor those who served. | ||
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| Zane |
My mother's father James Fields,fought in the battle of the Meuse Argonne. He passed in 1953, before I was born but I've heard how he was once in battle for three days straight which included a lot of hand to hand combat. By all accounts he was a good and decent man. I wish I could have know him. |
