Red and Rover by Brian Basset for May 27, 2019

Very touching. Thank you for your service Uncle Jimmy and all of our vets!

The cost……

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Beautiful.

This just warms my heart.

Good bye!!

Beautifully said. Thank you Brian, Red, Rover, Uncle Jimmy, and all those who gave all.

May God Bless

Thank you Brian Basset.

Very touching.

God bless all who perished defending our freedom.

Made my eyes sweat.

Check out “Wizard of ID”, I put “In Flanders Field” in the comments section.

check out ‘Cleo and Company’ for Memorial day animation:

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy

Brain always does the best Memorial Day tribute.

My dad served during the Korean war in the U.S. Navy. I am appreciative of all those who gave their lives for the cause of a republican democracy. Thank you to all of our living vets.

Thank you for your service uncle jimmy

I’m with everyone here. A touching tribute from Brian, Red and Rover. Thank you.

https://wtop.com/memorial-day/2019/05/photos-run-for-the-wall-bikers-pay-tribute-to-those-killed-in-combat/slide/7/ to all of our “uncles”.

You can always count on Red and Rover to remember the REAL reason for this holiday. Well done.

There is nothing “happy” about Memorial Day….. It is a day to remember those who gave all for our freedom…… Freedom is NOT free!!

Brian – Wish you could compile all of the past Memorial Day, Pearl Harbor Day, and Veteran’s Day tributes over the years into a book. Thanks for honoring our vets and thanks to our veterans for their service.

Forever Remembered, Forever Missed

Nicely done. Thanx

And my uncles Joe and Leonard

Thank you to all the veterans from all the wars or Police actions. and thanks to the families whose loved one didn’t return.

Thank you Brian Basset.

Sadly most of those deaths since 1945 haven’t been for protecting us at all. They still died, and should be honored for their sacrifice. But we need to be realistic. Wars should be last resort not a means of funding the perpetual war machine and the wealth of the war corporations. The dead must be honored and remembered for what they had done and paid for with their lives. A somber day.

Thank you Uncle Jimmy. RIP

My cousin PFC Frederick Carlson US Army gave up his futures on Sept 26 1968 in South Vietnam.

How sweet of Red!!! I had a friend killed in Vietnam. I didn’t find out until a few years ago. All this time I thought he had a family and all. My tears run deep at the thought of him dying all those years ago & I didn’t know. I do now!ThankYou, John! For everything!

62 years ago today while stationed in England with the Air Force I had the opportunity to visit the American Cemetery in Cambridge. The sight of those endless rows of crosses and stars remains vividly etched in my memory to this day.

Take time this weekend to remember what Memorial Day is really about. I got to thinking about the losses suffered by those brave bomber crews of the Eighth Air Force that flew the daylight precision air raids over Germany. we had the Norden Bomb Site and so we were tasked with destroying the factory’s in Germany that made planes,ball-bearings and other weapons of war. The British were tasked with nighttime incendiary raids to burn the major German city’s. General Curtis Lemay was the commander of the 8th Air force at the time and was throwing every available bomber in massive daily raids. The B-17 Flying Fortress with a crew of ten and the B-24 Liberator also crewed with ten were the planes the 8th Air Force used. The horror of the story is the massive losses suffered by these crews flying unescorted into the heart of Germany, every day. they were cut to pieces by the Anti aircraft fire and the ME109s of the Luftwaffe. Three thousand three hundred and seventy nine B-17s and seven hundred and sixty six B-24s were lost over Germany.During World War II, one in three airmen survived the air battle over Europe. The losses were extraordinary. The casualties suffered by the Eighth Air Force were about half of the U.S. Army Air Force’s casualties (47,483 out of 115,332), including more than 26,000 dead. It wasn’t until the P-51 Mustang with long range drop tanks flown buy the Tuskegee Airman that they were able to have fighter air support to and from their targets. We owe a debt to these men of the Greatest Generation who gave their lives for our freedom. Each one of the 4048 stars on the WW ll Memorial stands for one hundred American fighting men and women who lost their lives.