Tag Archives: Memorial day

The Memorial Day Post

Posted on 05/26/2013 by Andrew Reynolds

My father served in WWII as a radar technician in the Army Coast Artillery Corps. He didn’t see combat and did nothing heroic. He spent three years siting on a rock in the Aleutian Islands polishing his radar set and … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Writing | Tagged coast artillery corps, Father, Memorial day, WWII, WWII story | 9 Comments

The Memorial Day Post

Posted on 05/27/2012 by Andrew Reynolds

On memorial day my thoughts always turn to my father. I am not going to claim he was a great man or a brave hero. He was just my father and taught me much about life. Tomorrow after breakfast I’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Dad, enfield rifle, Father, Memorial day, WWII, WWII Veteran | 2 Comments

Memorial Day – Remembering the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial

Posted on 05/30/2011 by Andrew Reynolds

From the window of the airplane I could see the whole east coast buried under a blanket of new snow. An early December storm in 1982 had turn the world white and this California boy hoped that he had packed … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Arlington National Cemetery, Memorial day, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial | 1 Comment

21 Guns – A Poem for Memorial Day

Posted on 05/29/2011 by Andrew Reynolds

Twenty-one Guns The tour bus rumbles past the quiet monuments to the fallen. Shutters click as the tour guide speaks the litany of the shrine, that once was the Lee estate. Now it is that hallowed ground where solders … Continue reading →