New Contest - For Memorial Day 5/26

Well the judges have judged, and the winners are in. First place goes to Both SirArthurj1934 and JaAre56 for actually being in the military. Our hats are off to you.

Second place goes to Solodude for his bugle story (well worth the read)

http://ironyplus.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=1990659%3ATopic%3A173...

Honorable mentions go to: Explorer50
Jackie
Patchoulyjulie
Sjasis
Kizrbad

And, of course, thanks to Kunzang and Dasiavue

Hope everyone had a great time with the contest, and with the holiday.

Memorial Day is a holiday that touches all of our lives. It's about honoring soldiers that sacrificed in the service of their country.

This contest is for the best picture, video, or short story of someone you're honoring, how you're celebrating the day, or something related that shows the spirit of the day.

Judging will be on the 28th, to give time to post actual pictures of the day.

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Permalink Reply by jacci on May 18, 2008 at 9:47pm: I had to learn this poem when I was in 5th grade

Lt John McCrae's "In Flander's Field":

IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
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Permalink Reply by jacci on May 18, 2008 at 10:30pm: I am very proud to say that my husband was in the navy for 20 years. This is my tribute to him!; ▶ Reply to This

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Nice song and video written by a mom of a soldier.; ▶ Reply to This

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Permalink Reply by SirArthurj1934 on May 19, 2008 at 5:41am: ARTHUR J. WATERBURY RMC U.S. Navy, (Career man)
Naval Service from: April 1952 to March 1973.
U.S. Naval Training Center Great Lakes Illinois.
U.S. Naval Radio School Norfolk Va.
U.S.S. Bennington Aircraft Carrier Explosion 1953 109 Men Killed in fire.
U.S.S. Lake Champlain Aircraft Carrier
U.S.S. Antietam Aircraft Carrier
Naval Communications Unit Naples Italy (NATO)
Naval Radio Station Londonderry Norther Ireland
Navcommunications Station San Francisco (at Stockton Calif)
USS Arlington Communications Ship Vietnam
First U.S. Landing On The Moon (Recovery) of Astraunauts on Equator
(Providing Communications for the Moon Landing)
Naval Radio Station Thurso Scotland (North Atlantic)
1973 Retirement from U.S. Navy 20 Yrs. 4 months Naval Service.
GO NAVY!

USS BENNINGTON (explosion)

USS ARLINGTON

Seaman Waterbury
USS Bennington 1953
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