Red and Rover by Brian Basset for May 29, 2016

Red, Rover, and Brian…you’ve said it all. Thank you for the thoughts and tears.

If this represents a Vietnam War death (the strip appears to be set in 1969-1972), the sacrifice had nothing whatever to do with protecting the US.

by the tv shows he watches, I would say 50s.

Even Rover saluted! How awesome!

Poignant beyond words…thank you, Red & Rover.

LOVE & HUGS TO DEAREST RED & ROVER

Something I never mastered. Kept me out of astronaut training.

Very nice, Brian.

Thank you to those who made the ultimate sacrifice and especially to their families.

Cool!

Have no idea how old Red’s father is – so Jimmy might have been a much older brother who served in WWII

and although I don’t often agree with the reasoning, we are supposed to believe that every conflict we get involved in is to protect the homeland.

Special

Very nice.

This brought a tear to me eye. Thanks Brian, great strip.

BTW, TMO1, you’re a doosh

Thanks, Uncle Jimmy.

Well done!

The strip is actually written currently to appear nostalgic. So the time is not really set.

He could have died in WW2 or Korean War since he never knew Red. Which war a soldier dies in, whether enlisted or drafted, doesn’t make that ultimate sacrifice any less poignant or devastating to the family.

SPC4 John Frederick Fleming 2/17/1945 – 4/29/1967 by a hostile boobie trap in Danang, Vietnam. My handsome 6, 4" tall brother. I miss you bro.

Always excellent, I love the strip, especially at Memorial Day! Bless you for remembering!

That first panel got to me. My dad’s oldest brother was killed in WWI. So I never got to meet my uncle either. :>(

Jimmy died in WWII. And we were told we were protecting our country when we went to ’Nam. Not our fault that it kind of looks different from a distance.

Loved this one. As a Vietnam vet it’s appreciated to see the day respected as more than beach, burgers and a “day off”.

How much of an a**hole can you be TMO1? All lives given in service of the country matter you damn fool. Don’t try to make the over 50,000 who died in Vietnam meaningless on Memorial Day.R. DalyU.S. Army Vietnam, 1968-1969

Not a dry eye in the house . . .

I was named after Uncle Jimmy.

Well said. We need to hold our “leaders” accountable, and remember how their past actions have caused so much devastation.

Thank you Brian from a RA Nam vet 67-68

Wonderful strip Brian; thank you.

Thank You Brian.

Awesome as always.

beautiful strip, as always. And I am wiping tears from my eyes.

As far as what war, well, I think I grew up in mostly the same era as Red and my dad was a trifle too young to fight in WW2. But if he had an older brother Jimmy, Jimmy might have fought in that war.

Well said, Red!

TMO1, My Mother was a LT. in the ARMY NURSE CORP. in WW2! She would tell me about her past until it involved the Nurses who returned from Corregidor, then she became very quiet and tears would well in her eyes. 3 of those nurses were good friends of hers, what they went through, you have no idea! My husband served in the 82nd Airborne during Viet Nam! Don’t DISPARAGE THOSE WHO FIGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY and DEFEND OUR FREEDOMS!

THANK YOU, BRIAN!

jerry blackettI fled to Canada with a 5 A draft card in my wallet (if the contiguous 48 are invaded by a land army, they might consider reclassifying me, otherwise, been there done that). Although there were supposedly 2,000 dodgers/deserters in the Lower Mainland (Vancouver) at that time, I never met one with that ID. I did meet a large number who were or once were US citizens. We lost a generation of the best; some in the rice paddies of ’Nam trying to get the lost French empire, and others to Canada and Sweden because of threats against our families by the ruling military/industrial complex.

TM01,

Take your attitude and GFY.

Brian, as a Vet, Thank you.

Let us never forget how many gave their lives so TMO1 would still be free to speak his mind!

Even though he totally misses the point…

Thank you for remembering. So few strips did.

Precious, Brian! Thank you!

Thanks Brian. Not to see someone remind all the clueless folks what the day is all about.

Nice not not. Stupid spell check.

Out of the 5.5 pages of comics in our paper on Sunday, this was the only one that focused on the meaning of Memorial Day.

Thanks for that.

Always meaningful, respectful remembrance! Thank you Mr. Basset! And TMO1, I agree, GFY, twice!