My friend David sent me a video that drills home several things, that every member of the Armed Forces and everyone researching their family already knows......
History is more than names and dates
FREEDOM COMES AT A PRICE MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT WILLING TO PAY THEMSELVES
Service men and woman are not the only ones serving our country. Their families are too!
The final story of Private First Class Harold B McCarn
To hear the story told by a family member, to see the images I only heard about.... it is impressive and humbling. Having said that and speaking as the history geek that I am. Enjoy this glimpse in history very few are aware of, because in view of sensibility (as it was explained to me at Henri Chapelle) these images and stories are not freely shared by the cemeteries where family members are cared for. When told that "The fallen were moved from their temporary resting place to the permanent cemetery" you can imagine and visualize, up to a point at least, but actually seeing some of the images, brings it home on a whole different level. To hear the whole process explained makes the already impressive cemeteries even more so, because of the sheer dedication of those who actually built them, so that these soldiers may rest in the peace they sacraficed everything for to establish..... But it also shows a side that few people even realise is very real. For every fallen soldier, every cross in the cemeteries, for every name on the Walls of the Missing, a family lost a son, a father, a brother or an uncle. They had to carry on their life without a very important part of their hearts. We should not forget that, just as we should never forget those who paid the ultimate price for the freedoms we enjoy.
