DSK wrote:
on the 11th hour of this day World War 1 ended in Europe. It was called
the Great War, the World War, the War To End Wars. A bit naive perhaps.
But it's worth remembering.

Something to remember from later wars:

The only destroyer to sink a battleship
http://tinyurl.com/7p58s

I think they should have a USS Melvin and a USS Barry K. Atkins on the
Navy list.

A bit of the background story
http://www.battleship.org/html/Artic...ory/Leyte0.htm

This is an interesting web site, a personal look
http://www.riverinesailor.com/Tango1.htm

More recent history
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0838511.html

the percentage of U.S. military personnel who witnessed someone being
killed or wounded: 36% in 2003
50% in 2004
47% so far this year.

We should thank our veterans and those currently in uniform every day.
Not to make too big a deal out of it, but our every day life has been
shaped by the freedoms that these men & women fought for. It is an
enormous duty, not undertaken lightly, and we should not dismiss it
carelessly... and I personally don't think we should remember & honor
them only once a year. But today is a good day to do so.

Regards to all
Doug King

Regards back to you Doug

In Flanders Fields
by Lt. Col. John McCrae, M.D. (1872-1918)

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

BM2 Joe
USS Samuel Gompers (Fat Sam) AD-37