[rollei_list] Re: Idle Thoughts on the US Memorial Day
- From: Carlos Manuel Freaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 22:30:37 -0300 (ART)
"Knyaz Suvorov" was the flagship of Admiral
Rozhestvensky at Tsushima, where it was sunk on 27 May
1905. She suffered numerous hits from explosive shells
and was eventually sunk by three torpedo hits fired
from torpedo boats.
Carlos
--- Jerry Lehrer <glehrer@xxxxxxxxxx> escribió:
>
>
> Marc,
>
> My family's distinguished military history started
> with my Uncle Josef..
> At ELEVEN years old he was
> the drummer boy on the lead Russian battleship in
> the Battle of
> Tsushima Straits, in the Russo-Japanese
> War of 1905. His ship was sunk, but he made it back
> to Vladivostok
>
> Jerry Lehrer.
>
>
>
> Marc James Small wrote:
> > At 07:52 AM 5/27/2008, Michael Eric Berube wrote:
> >
> > >Upon receiving my honourable discharge from the
> US Army after my 4 years
> > >active service and while participating in my
> inactive reserve
> > >obligation, I proudly went to my local Legion to
> join and was told that
> > >my service as a veteran was not acceptable enough
> as our United States
> > >had not been engaged in war while I was active
> enlisted (85-89).
> > >
> > >If I wanted to be associated with the American
> Legion, I'd have to join
> > >the Sons of the American Legion instead of as a
> Veteran.
> > >
> > >I passed on that honour, preferring to belong to
> something based on my
> > >own merits.
> >
> > An excellent point. Oddly, I can, and have,
> joined the American
> > Legion as I served BARELY during the Viet-Nam Era,
> having gone on
> > active duty on 22 SEP 1974 while the cut-off date
> was a year or so
> > later. But I cannot join the VFW as I did not
> serve overseas.
> >
> > The American Legion refused to acknowledge WWII
> folks in the 1940's,
> > and so the VFW came to exist. But, today, it is
> far easier to join
> > the American Legion than to join the VFW. As a
> reult of the rigiidty
> > of membership requirements for both of these
> organization, a number of
> > other veterans organizations have sprung up, most
> notable AmVets.
> >
> > Marc
> >
> >
> > msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
> >
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