| I sadly remember the day we buried my
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| | surfaced with my son, a Sergeant in the
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| father. An American flag covered the
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| | United States Marine Corps now serving in
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| coffin before being transported to the
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| | Baghdad while his wife and daughters wait
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| cemetery. There it remained during the
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| | and hope here at home.
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| service. At the end of the service my
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| | Before his departure my son and I
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| brother-in-law and I tried our best to
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| | traveled to Washington DC where he and I
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| remember our own military training while
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| | stood together in the beautiful new World
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| we folded dad's burial flag into a neat
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| | War II Veterans Memorial, we walked the
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| triangle and took it home. Each day
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| | Viet Nam Wall and through the Korean War
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| similar scenes are repeated across
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| | Veterans Memorial.
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| America. Our country has many veterans
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| | Our national memorials in Washington DC
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| who have sacrificed and suffered for
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| | have a direct tie to each of the veterans
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| their country. The number is now growing
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| | flags in our homes. Each represents the
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| rapidly. The burial flag represents a
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| | individuals who have given of themselves
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| period of great sacrifice during the life
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| | for the freedom we enjoy in America.
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| of one American. In the case of my father
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| | Your veteran's flag should not be placed
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| who was stationed on the USS Curtiss in
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| | in a drawer or closet and forgotten.
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| Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1942 he was
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| | Display or even fly your veterans flag
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| also present aboard the USS Piedmont in
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| | for all to see. Tell people about this
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| Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945 the day
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| | person who gave so much. Cherish your
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| the treaty ending the war with Japan was
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| | flag as you did the loved one who earned
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| signed. Most of what happened between
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| | it.
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| these events was never talked about. He
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| | My father's flag is proudly displayed in
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| held the horror and devastation of this
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| | a case made for the display of burial
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| period of his life to himself.
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| | flags in our home. We have an engraved
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| I never really understood how he felt
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| | plate attached with a remembrance of him
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| until my own service time during the Viet
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| | so our grand children can remember him
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| Nam war. It seems I do not like to talk
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| | with the pride we all do, as a family and
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| about that time period either. Perhaps
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| | as Americans.
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| the feeling of sacrifice has again
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