Just finished watching the National Memorial Day Concert on PBS. There was one segment honoring the veterans from the Viet Nam War. The camera panned across a group of Viet Nam vets and I was struck by how old they looked. Then I recalled, that it has been more than 45 years since I entered military service and that I am one of those old guys at 68 years of age. The WWII generation will not be with us much longer. The last members of that generation, in my family, are both in their 90s.
Tomorrow, I will raise a glass to absent comrades. The will remain forever young in my memory.
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On the topic of Memorial Day, I watched the opening ceremony of the Indy 500 yesterday. The tributes were well done and the program was well organized.
I thought the national anthem could have been done better... but I guess you have to allow for "artistic interpretation" (although I personally do not care for that when national anthems are sung).
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