Memorial Day 2018

A quiet day today. Thought about lost friends and soldiers. Two in particular; John Yeatts, a Cav soldier I served with in the 14th ACR in Germany before deploying to Vietnam; and Paul Urquhart, a W&J classmate, a LOH pilot shot down in May 1968. He is still listed as MIA.

This year when I went to buy my poppy, the lady asked me if I wanted the Vietnam poppy. I asked if it was new this year and she said that it came out last year. I hadn't seen it before. I bought it this year but will go back to the standard red poppy next year. We don't need a different poppy for each war.