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Wednesday, August 24, 2005

VETERAN'S TOMBSTONES

As I read the "AOL news" update online this morning, I was struck by the fact that folks are reacting to current military operation names are being put on veteran's tombstones as they fall in service in Iraq and Afghanistan. Are these the same folks that urge moving cemeteries for city and highway development? Don't care if old stones fall into disrepair or are vandalized in their local communities?
Does it matter if a family wants recognition of a fallen family member's service noted on the tombstone, the last memorial to that individual? More than just a "WWII" notation would bring the history of the war alive to all who read the stone, don't you think? Shouldn't we always remember D-Day and the invasion of Iwo Jima? Or the siege at Khe Sahn? Or the liberation of Kuwait? What do you think?

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