Actually I dont recall Memorial Day back in '45 and wha I/we did. It was only about 3weeks after wars end in ETO. Our company was billetted in civilian houses taken over by the Military in a small village in Austria. Trouble was though, roumor had it that our
3rd Inf Div. was slated to go to the Pacific Theatre of Operations. Which never happened. Thank God. Today, I just rode a few miles back in the woods on my ATV
and sat a while. Reminiceing about the many friends and buddies I lost, and being
thankfull to God for bringing me home alive. No one around me so I could do some
recalling of what happened and then putting it deep back in my memory. A couple of
quiet hours of remembering and then back home. No flags waving, no music, just a
quiet couple of hours in THEIR honor. So maybe I didnt celibrate it the proper way,
but it was my way.
Joe ,
There indeed is no proper way !
You were there , you were with them . We were not !
We can only do what we can do now.... Raise flags , visit the cemetaries and say prayers ....
You, my friend, should remember them in your own way because that's the way they would wanted to be remembered .
A man should be with his comrades at any time , especially on Memorial Day .
That's what you are doing and you're doing great Joe !
Lennon