#GOSILENT on Memorial Day at 12:01 PM EDT

[pinboy3niner]

Last edited Fri May 22, 2015, 06:08 AM - Edit history (1)

A message from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America...

This Memorial Day, remember to

[c]Honor the Fallen[/c]

Go Silent this Memorial Day at 12:01 PM EDT

This Memorial Day, IAVA will lay a wreath before the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery at 12:01 EDT. Gather your friends and family across the country and pause with us for a national moment of silence to honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.

Take the pledge to

#GoSilent


Pledges have been made in honor of...

"All brothers I lost in Afghanistan and all fallen service members"

"My Uncles Jose and Luis Purdon who fought in Vietnam"

"Joe Hearne Rufty KIA Anzio WWII and his namesake nephew Joe Hearne Rufty KIA Vietnam"

"My Dad"

...

Take the pledge and post rembrances here:
http://image.mail.iava.org/lib/fe8f12717c61017b75/m/1/Pledge1+copy.jpg

[Rhiannon12866]

1. K&R. I'll take that pledge!

Two grandfathers in WWI, Dad and uncle in the Navy, two uncles in the US Army, back when we still had the draft.

[pinboy3niner]

2. The one about Joe Hearne Rufty was mine

It was 20 years after we lost Joe in Vietnam that I found his family and learned he'd been named after his uncle who died at Anzio. That kind of blew me away.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. That is a real honor, though a sad one.

I've been to Arlington and saw the changing of the guard at the grave of the unknown, very solumn, very moving. Also saw the grave and the flame burning for JFK, with Bobby and Teddy buried not far away.

[pinboy3niner]

4. I don't know how many friends I have at Arlington. Probably a lot.

I know that one Army roommate who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously is buried there, and I've visited his grave.

My best friend, a VN vet who committed suicide, has his ashes interred in the columbarium there.

But most of the friends I lost are buried in their hometowns.

[DashOneBravo]

6. Was your room mate from the

327th?

Also you should check your PM's every once awhile. 😄

[pinboy3niner]

7. No, he was with 5th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division

Damn, you're right about the PMs--I owe you one.

[DashOneBravo]

8. Got it and replied

I'm sorry about your friends.

They are truely not forgotten nor have they ever been in some places.

[daleanime]

5. ......