Memorial Day, May 31-2010

More pics of my gramps while in training.... on the left..


and finally flying bombers ready for WWII... such a handsome looking guy!!!



and now some non family things...
Soliders from the U.S. Army Old Guard place flags at grave stones at Arlington National Cemetery May 21, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. It took 1,300 soldiers, sailors and Marines about three hours to place a flag at each of the more than 300,000 gravestones at Arlington ahead of the Memorial Day weekend. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)


Visitors walk among white marble crosses at the American Cemetery, in Colleville sur Mer. Traces of World War II can still be found across this stretch of Normandy, on the beaches, in the museums and above all, in the cemeteries where President Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkzoy and some of the last veterans will commemorate the 65th anniversary of the June 6, 1944 landings in just a couple weeks. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere.


Members of a U.S. Air Force carry team carry a flag-draped transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Army Specialist Lukasz Saczek of Lake in the Hills, Ill. from a C-17 to a vehicle during a dignified transfer on the tarmac at Dover Air Force Base May 12, 2009 in Dover, Delaware. Assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 178th Infantry, Saczek was killed in Afghanistan May 10 in a non-combat related incident. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)


Standing before in front of a War Memorial in Natick, Massachusetts are John Arena (l) who served in the U.S. Army in World War II and his brother James Arena, who served in the U.S. Marines in the Korean War. They are part of a group of Natick Veterans who had multiple brothers serve in the military. (Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff)



Laura Youngblood, widow of U.S. Navy Petty Officer Travis L. Youngblood, touches his gravestone while visiting his grave in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery during the Memorial Day weekend in Arlington, Virginia, May 24, 2009. Youngblood died of wounds received in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in July of 2005 in Iraq. (REUTERS/Larry Downing)



The remains of the USS LST-480, or Landing Ship Tank, is seen in West Loch near Pearl Harbor, Monday, April 20, 2009, in Honolulu. The naval vessel sank in an accidental explosion on May 21, 1944 which killed 163 men and sank several other Landing Ship Tank vessels. The LST ships were being loaded with ammunition and gas and were preparing for a voyage to the Marianas Islands, for what was expected to be a brutal invasion, codenamed "Operation Forager." The Navy will commemorate the 65th anniversary of the disaster on Thursday, May 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)



Sergeant Obie Wickersham, left, 84, of Yuba City, California, and Sergeant Fred Liddell, right, 80, of Opelika, Alabama, give their final salute to their friend, Army Sgt. 1st Class Patrick J. Arthur of Broken Bow, Neb., at Arlington National Cemetery, Friday, May 1, 2009, fulfilling their promise they made 57 years ago when they buried him on an unmarked spot in North Korea. It was the only gesture their Chinese captors allowed them to bestow on Sgt. Arthur who died while a prisoner of war, from malaria, malnutrition and the 500-mile march through the mountains of central Korea during the Korean War. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)



In this April 28, 2009 photo, Joe Landaker poses at his home in Big Bear City, Calif., with a portrait of his son, Jared, a Marine helicopter pilot who died on his last mission in Iraq. Landaker is among more than 300 volunteers who honor veterans buried in Riverside National Cemetery by reading their names leading up to Memorial Day each year. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)



Tiger Scout Christian Pavlock, 7, carries American flags in honor of the Memorial Day holiday at Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York on Saturday, May 23, 2009. (AP Photo/David Goldman)


One of the statues that makes up the Vietnam Women's Memorial is seen with the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in the background during the Memorial Day weekend on May 24, 2009 in Washington. (TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images)


A U.S. Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Army Chief Warrant Officer Three Brent Cole off a 747 cargo plane during a dignified transfer at Dover AFB May 23, 2009 in Dover, Delaware. Cole, of Linden, NC, died while serving in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. (Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)


A Philippine Army soldier salutes during a commemorative ceremony inside the Manila American cemetery on May 24, 2009 as people come out to the area ahead of the US Memorial Day on May 25. At least 17,000 graves lay in the memorial park that pays tribute to US and Philippines soldiers that fought side by side during World War II. (JAIME RIUS/AFP/Getty Images)



Army Lt. Gen. Benjamin C. Freakley, commanding general of the United States Army Accessions Command, presents an American flag to Heather Jackson the fiance of Army Staff Sgt. William D. Vile, 27, of Philadelphia, Pa., Thursday, May 21, 2009, during burial services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. According to the Department of Defense, Vile died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using direct fire on May 1 near the village of Nishagam, in Konar Province, Afghanistan. Vile was assigned to the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan. Also holding an American flag at left is Donna Vile, Staff Sgt. Vile's mother. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)


David Humphreys, of Trenton, N.J., kneels at the grave site of his Vietnam veteran father, David Humphreys, at Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery Thursday, May 21, 2009, in Wrightstown, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)


If you see a veteran today... give a hug, handshake or just a simple salute..

Gob Bless America!!!