May 31, 2004
Memorial Day
The other thing I wanted to share today I couldn't figure out how to load to my site. Aelfheld sent me a file of the USAF band playing "Echo Taps." Hauntingly beautiful. Some day I'd love to stand on Omaha Beach and hear that being played.
Thank you, Aelfheld, for sending that.
And thank you to my two favorite Army heroes: my dad and my grandfather, Frank. And to my father-in-law...my favorite Marine...thank you.
Posted by Cathy at May 31, 2004 10:38 AMI once got my butt kicked by a marine. He was my martial arts instructor, and he had more manliness in the nail of his little toe than I ever had in my whole self. Since he was my instructor, I suppose it was legal to swat me around like a muppet, but it hurt just as much either way.
No, I'm no good at martial arts, I was just trying it. But I was surrounded by black belts, a surprising proportion of which were former marines. Hint: don't call them ex-marines. They don't seem to like that. "That's FORMER marine to you, maggot! Get up here and toe the line."
Posted by: Dan at June 1, 2004 01:51 PM