‘Remembering,’ by Mark Levin
I invite all who visit here today to add their own comments of remembrance to those of Mark’s, however brief. While words often fail, our warriors never have.
Remembering
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‘Remembering,’ by Mark Levin
I invite all who visit here today to add their own comments of remembrance to those of Mark’s, however brief. While words often fail, our warriors never have.
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To all who served, sacrificed, or paid freedoms full price, I salute you. Yet memories of a few stir strongest. Before he turned 17, my father put Marines and Navy medics ashore the first of three of “his bloody beaches.” The family and friends of CW3 Sheldon Schultz are so grateful the Army never forgot; they brought him home last August from Laos and laid him to rest in Arlington. While out-processing, my friend SGM Larry Strickland stopped by his Pentagon office, just nineteen days short of retirement after 30 years of honorable service to our nation. That day also, my wife’s brother, LT Joe Leavey, took both shifts of a 24, rolled out of the station at 8:47 a.m., and led his ladder company to a fire floor, the 78th Floor of the South Tower. I remember.
To those who sacrificed I appreciate the better world that you gave to all of us. History has allowed us to enjoy today and the lesions she imparts will allow our children to enjoy the future. Ben Franklin said “if you wish to be remembered after you are dead and gone you either write or do things worth writing aboutâ€Â. Without the knowledge of these past events and an understanding and appreciation of their significance the present would appear to have no value and our posterity will only inherit the wind.
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