Here is a link to an article by Cathy Garger, some of which I will quote, along with my comments.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_cathy_ga_080126_hawaiian_pacifis... read more »

They Won't Be Home For Christmas

Another year, American Heroes
Are fighting in a foreign land
And there is still, no end in sight
A part of life they hadn't planned.

They do their duty without question
And they all stand proud and tall
They are placed there in harm's way
As they answer, our Country's call.

They'll get by the best they can
And improvise ingenious ways read more »

A National Moment of Remembrance

That poem about where “poppies blow”
And, “the crosses, row on row”
Still rings true, these ninety years
After written, still brings tears.

We still have Dead, “amid the guns”
And lose our young and our loved ones
Those who lived, “short days ago”
Who, “felt dawn, saw sunset glow”.

In Flanders Fields, “the poppy red” read more »

POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY
(The third Friday of September)

As time goes on remains are found
And another finds his way back home
After years spent lost on foreign shores
Feeling forgotten and left all alone.

But they will never be forgotten
By the Country they went off to serve
We will search until all are returned
To loved ones, the least they all deserve. read more »

This past week I had the honor of helping to set up "The Wall That Heals", a half-sized, traveling replica of "The Wall" in Washington, at the VFW in Dickson, TN. This year is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the dedication of "The Wall".

FOR A QUARTER CENTURY

They are listed in the order
Of the way our Heroes fell
Behind each name many stories
That, they never got to tell. read more »

MISTER PRESIDENT,

What part don't you understand
When the People say, "We're tired!"?
When our Troops and their Families
Say, they are no longer inspired?

"Stay the course.", "They'll follow us."
Just doesn't ring true, anymore
To, "Take the fight to the terrorists!"
Is not really why, we went to War.

In fact, we've made more enemies
They just don't want us on their soil read more »