D-day: storming the castle
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Veteran dies changing flag – firefighters complete task in his honor
What a bittersweet story (bolded emphasis added by me):
Honoring our nation’s fallen on Memorial Day
Truer words were never spoken:
Memorial Day weekend and the anniversary of a great defeat
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PHOTOS: Military dogs – gotta love ’em!
This story about dogs who serve alongside members of the US military on training and combat missions is the feel-good story of the day. It’ll make you forget for a few minutes the sheer incompetence of this administration’s handling of the post-OBL kill information dissemination, as my co-blogger Anthony discussed earlier. I had no idea the extent of the canine involvement with the US armed forces until I read the article (which noted a dog was brought along for the OBL “Geronimo” mission) and viewed the pictures (via The Atlantic senior editor Alexis Madrigal). Here’s one such picture: