My profound thanks today to all who have served our country, in war and in peace.
Cook 3rd Class Doris Miller USN. a hero of Pearl Harbor and the first African-American to be awarded the Navy Cross.
My father's service in WWII (the image is of William Goodwin jr)
In Flanders Field
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.
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