Enjoy But Honor Memorial Day
May 25th, 2020
“Happy Memorial Day” is probably something that shouldn’t be said.
Why? It’s not meant to be a happy day.
Joe adores summer. Women wear less and it’s not cold. It’s all good.
It also helps that the summer is traditionally bookmarked by three-day weekends, with America’s birthday right smack dab in the middle.
If you are like Joe, at some point today you will grill raw meat and crack open many Big Storm Brewery beers. If you are fortunate, then you are watching glorious bikinis from a boat in the Gulf or at the beach. If so, Joe salutes you.
But please take a moment today to remember the men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice to allow us to guzzle beer, ingest mass quantities of meat and throw (digital) rocks at each other when discussing our beloved Tampa Bay Buccaneers. A few small U.S. flags on your property or apartment deck is a great touch, too.
Remember that heroes didn’t come home.
May 25th, 2020 at 12:20 am
I gotta say being active duty Air Force… I believe the majority of the men and women who have died protecting our great nation would want use to celebrate their sacrifice and make this the happiest of days as we remember and Memorialize those people by taking advantage of what they died for, our freedoms! HUA! I love my bucs almost as much as I love America!
May 25th, 2020 at 12:53 am
Well said Joe.
My Dad was a marine in Vietnam. I wont go into it but he passed not long after coming back, I was a year old.
Remember them all….thank you for your sacrifices.
May 25th, 2020 at 1:00 am
Exactly. I grew up in the military and then was in the USAF. Here’s to all who made the ultimate sacrifice
May 25th, 2020 at 1:19 am
Amen.
May 25th, 2020 at 1:25 am
Dang Joe my flag holder broke a few months back….now you make me want to go out and buy one real quick!
May 25th, 2020 at 1:41 am
My pops served in the army 25 years multiple tours dating back to desert storm. He luckily made it back but too many of his friends weren’t as lucky. God Bless everyone
May 25th, 2020 at 6:14 am
Thank you Joe.
May 25th, 2020 at 6:14 am
Men and women gave their lives so we could all enjoy our freedom and life. Thank you to all those who served and fought to keep us safe.
May 25th, 2020 at 6:15 am
For helping to put the focus where it should be today
May 25th, 2020 at 6:15 am
’nuff said.
May 25th, 2020 at 6:31 am
Well said.
Support our Troops.
Respect our Veterans.
Honor our Fallen.
May 25th, 2020 at 6:41 am
I hope all can appreciate the sacrifices made for us…..I sometimes wonder if those who have absolutely no skin in the game can understand what it means to serve. I hope so.
May 25th, 2020 at 7:06 am
Thanks Joes for annual tribute…
27th Surgical Hospital Chu Lai
95th Evacuation Hospital Danang
tinges of melancholy on gray days like today
May 25th, 2020 at 7:20 am
Well said Joe!
NEVER FORGET!
May 25th, 2020 at 7:27 am
I agree ..it just doesn’t seem right to say happy but everyone does.
Salute to all veterans and active servicemen.
May 25th, 2020 at 7:46 am
All gave some
Some gave all
Had they not done so, this world would be very different.
I am both humbled and honored by their sacrifice.
May 25th, 2020 at 7:50 am
Nice one joe. Thank you.
May 25th, 2020 at 8:27 am
Well said, “Never Forget and Always Remember” what many before us did to make sure that we have the freedoms we now enjoy as a lot of good men and women sacrificed a helluva lot to make sure we still have it.
May 25th, 2020 at 8:41 am
While we’re out today, please remember to take a moment to honor those who sacrificed their lives for us, all of us.
To my fallen brethren, Semper Fi!
May 25th, 2020 at 8:54 am
Amén!!
May 25th, 2020 at 9:21 am
Joe,
Would you please let me know what was wrong/incorrect with my last post?
Marty aka MJ@Sarasota
May 25th, 2020 at 9:50 am
Good For You Joe!!!
Well Said
May 25th, 2020 at 10:37 am
(From different IP address out west)
Well said Joes. Bravo.
May 25th, 2020 at 11:00 am
Thanks Joe. As an Army Vet I will never forget & will always remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. God Bless.
May 25th, 2020 at 11:41 am
MadMax
Sorry for your loss. Sorry for your father’s loss. Make it back and look forward to a life with your son and…at least he did his part. I’ll definitely tip a brew and take a toke in memory of him today.
I realize this is a Memorial to those who didn’t make it back. They paid the ultimate price and I salute them.
But I also salute everybody who went or served anywhere.
I remember standing at the Vietnam Memorial in DC looking at that wall.
I shared with a fellow Viet Vet that I always felt guilty…doubly so actually. I was in the 101st Airborne but never airborne and station in the rear while they were up front at Hue in the worst city fighting of the war. I’ve always felt like a faker.
He said to me…”Hey you gave them a chance…you were there…it’s not your fault you got lucky.
To anybody who served ANYWHERE. Thanks…you gave us a chance.
May 25th, 2020 at 9:50 pm
Thanks for serving St.Pete and dont ever feel like a faker, you were there and ready for duty. Thats just as honorable.
Your maturity and wisdom is a blessing here. Thank you.
May 26th, 2020 at 7:18 am
AlteredEgo Says:
“95th Evacuation Hospital Danang
tinges of melancholy on gray days like today”
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My dad was in Danang @ Tet ’68, while my Mom had me that January. I’m a Tet baby.
Bucsfanman Says:
“To my fallen brethren, Semper Fi!”
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And a Semper Fi to you, Brother!
May 26th, 2020 at 7:38 am
stpetebucsfan Says:
“I remember standing at the Vietnam Memorial in DC looking at that wall.
I shared with a fellow Viet Vet that I always felt guilty… I was in the 101st Airborne but never airborne and station in the rear…”
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One of the things I always hate to see is guys online putting down “REMFs.” First, without the rear echelon, the infantry couldn’t even do what they do. Without the rear echelon, a lot of them wouldn’t have made it home.
Second, half of those loudmouths who say spit like that, enlisted with an open contract and didn’t even request infantry themselves. It was a crapshoot that they didn’t wind up peeling potatoes.
All of us put our name on the line, Brother, and none of us really knew for sure what our fate would be. It’s the willingness that counts, by my way of thinking.
That wall is a powerful experience. I always wished that I could afford to fly my dad to Washington so that he could be there.
May 26th, 2020 at 7:59 am
Thank you for doing this every year, Joe. I’ll repeat what I’ve said the last couple of years:
General Smedley Butler said that “all wars are banksters’ wars.” His contention was that we have often been lied to about why we have to fight and die, and the necessity of it all. Therefore, without the banksters, much of this suffering and sacrifice would never take place.
Something I hope all Americans can come to realize is that the banksters he speaks of were never supposed to exist in this country. The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 is the most unconstitutional and most destructive thing ever done to us by sell-out lawmakers. Years after signing it into law, Woodrow Wilson even stated: “I am a most unhappy man–unwittingly I have ruined my country.”
It was the banksters who shot Presidents Lincoln, Kennedy, and Reagan–some of our best, all of whom publicly spoke against them. Never forget.
May 26th, 2020 at 1:31 pm
Barack- Tip of the hat to you sir!
A fellow Jarhead?
May 26th, 2020 at 5:34 pm
Bucsfanman
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Yessir. ’91-’95
Combat Engineer
May 27th, 2020 at 8:32 am
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