Last week I wrote about the outrage regarding Jane Fonda. Today I feel the same disrespect towards our country with the remarks by Bruce Springsteen.
It seems to me that if you are in the entertainment industry you are entitled to ridicule our country. As a singer, songwriter this is his opinion, I get that but so do all Americans.
Unfortunately, because of their notoriety they feel it’s okay to go outside the United States and spew [their] distaste for what our country stands for. So, I believe he stands alongside Hanoi Jane.
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This past Saturday the town of Jewett held their dedication ceremony for the new veterans monument. I would like to thank John Giordano and the town for inviting our post to present the colors.
It was an honor. One of the only WWII veterans in our post and possibly on the mountaintop, Mr. Peter O’Brien attended and received a deserved appreciation from the town’s people. It is so special that we are able to still have him and he’s doing very well.
This week we had our Memorial Day VFW ritual at the WAJCS which is so nice of Emily Lacombe to put this together. We also went to Sgt. James F. Carty’s grave in Ashland to honor him along with Mr. John Goettsche’s grave at the Windham cemetery.
Memorial Day is to remember all who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country. At Arlington Cemetery, at the tomb of the unknown, the 3rd Army guards the tomb 24 hours a day, 365 days a year: through rain, snow, or heat of summer. They take 21 steps east and 21 steps west pausing 21 seconds at each turn. The number 21 is to signify a 21-gun salute.
Remembering one who gave his all this week is U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. George F. Wilson, Jr., 22, of Bountiful, Utah, killed during World War II, was accounted for Nov. 21, 2024.
In July 1944, Wilson was assigned to the 601st Bombardment Squadron, 398th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force, in the European Theater. On July 8, Wilson, the pilot of a B-17G “Flying Fortress” bomber, was killed when his aircraft crashed near Monchy-Cayeux, France, after being hit by antiaircraft fire. Surviving crew members reported Wilson had been hit by flak and was still on board when the aircraft crashed.
In July 2018, a member of Wilson’s family provided DPAA with new information about a potential crash site for Wilson’s aircraft. One of Wilson’s family then traveled to Monchy-Cayeux and met three witnesses who remembered the crash. In 2019, a DPAA investigation team visited Monchy-Cayeux and discovered a concentration of wreckage consistent with a B-17 at the site, which they then recommended for excavation.
From Aug. 6-30, 2021, DPAA partner Colorado State University excavated the site and accessed all recovered evidence into the DPAA laboratory. They returned to the site for another excavation from July 25 to Aug. 13, 2022, finding additional evidence which was also accessioned into the DPAA laboratory.
Wilson’s name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at Normandy American Cemetery, in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, along with others still missing from WWII. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for. Wilson will be buried in Bountiful, Utah, in July 2025.
Keep in mind this Memorial Day weekend of all who gave their all. God bless America and keep all still serving in your thoughts and prayers.
Marc Farmilette, PDC – Commander VFW Post 1545.
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