there is this movie clip from D-day...the Normandy beach. I have seen it dozens of times, and I'll bet most of you know exactly the one I mean....they are splashing thru the surf and up onto the sand, when one soldier pitches and falls heavily to the sand.

This always comes to my mind when Memorial tributes are mentioned. I always wonder if that soldier survived, or died where he fell...and who he was. It's not that he was any more important than thousands of others, but I have watched HIS sacrifice so many times.

I hope he is at rest....and all the others also. They did what was required, and we reap the benefits in our continued freedom. Let "Taps" sound one more as we pause to remember.