He stood quietly watching the veterans paying their respects to fallen comrades. Memories flooding his mind, as they always did on this day. Fire, smoke, screams, memories flooding his mind as fresh as the days he lived them. Two veterans approached him and asked "what unit were you in buddy" He told them I was a Merchant Marine and served on the SS Badger State. They walked away without saying anything. He turned back to face the monument, as a lone piper started playing The Flowers Of The Forest. " I will remember you boys" he said, I will remember.


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