It is a particularly somber Veterans Day. The losses mourned at Fort Hood and the seven fallen soldiers honored at Fort Lewis add to the gravity of this day. I’m thinking today of all the veterans of the U.S. armed forces who have touched my life. My husband, US Army, Vietnam. Our dear friend, US Army, Vietnam. My brother, US Army and US Navy. My father, US Air Force, WWII. My uncle, US Navy, WWII. My grandfather, US Army, WWI. And indirectly through diaries, my great great grandfather, a civilian chaplain during the American Civil War. More distantly, I even have a relative who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Note: My uncle, Kenneth Ramsey, was lost at sea in 1944. He is listed in the National World War II Memorial registry as “Missing in Action or Buried at Sea.” You can search this registry or enter an honoree on line.
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