If you asshats really cared about those who have fought and died for our country the last thing on your mind wouldn't be who they ****. What does that have to do with bravery and sacrifice? Here's what the REAL purpose of Memorial Day is:
My father in law died a couple years ago. But he served in WWII. He was an Engineer with the 4th ID. It was his job to find and disarm enemy bombs that hadn't gone off. He was one of the many that landed on the beach at Normandy on D Day. He told my son that the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan was pretty much dead on. He marched from Normandy to Berlin, fighting in the Hurtgen Forest (one of the bloodiest battles in the European theater) and into Berlin. Along the way, he was stabbed in the side while getting up close and personal with the enemy. He taped it up as best he could and didn't tell anyone because he didn't want to have to leave his brothers. He said the worst thing he saw was the condition of the prison camp survivors. They were so emaciated he couldn't believe they were still alive. They were all so hungry but they had to be careful what and how much they fed them because they'd gone so long without it.
Tomorrow, my son is taking my MIL (one of the first Lady Marines...she worked on gyroscopes and WWII and one of those who heeded the call to join so it would "free a man to fight") to visit my FIL's grave. He was buried with full military honors and now rests at a military cemetery in southern CA. My son is wearing his dress blues to honor this man that he loved and learned from. Given the horrors he'd seen, he didn't want Jake to join the Marines but he was proud of him nonetheless and they were very close. I only knew my FIL as a slightly chubby guy who wore tacky golf pants because he golfed nearly everyday before he was no longer able to. He and my MIL loved going to the casino and they must have had a bazillion t-shirts he won for this or that (the casinos in San Diego take good care of their seniors), and would often wear them, belly hanging over, with a pair of Bermuda shorts. He loved a glass of bourbon on the rocks at the end of the day, Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy. And he was beautiful. To look at him you'd never guess he did such brave things but I've seen pictures of him in his uniform and he was very handsome.
The only time I knew he talked about what he went through, at least to my knowledge, was when he gave Jake the "loot" he'd taken off a couple of dead German soldiers, a Bible with a metal cover all soldiers were given at the time (now you're not even supposed to send Bibles to them or, evidently, donate them to Military hospitals...thanks to people like you who are more interested in a politically correct agenda that offends everyone but you despite how much reading the word of God would help them heal) and a pocket watch his dad gave him that he wore all through the war. My son's taking it with him to Afghanistan when he deploys in November, too. That man is a bigger hero than you guys will ever understand. Too bad he wasn't gay, then maybe you guys would appreciate his sacrifice.
You all can **** off and die!
Cindie