Memorial Day often is confused with Veteran's Day. People show their appreciation to those serving or who have served in the military who are still living. While that is a beautiful sentiment, and one Americans should offer every day to those who serve, Memorial Day is about honoring those who lost their lives serving this great nation.
Those who 'gave all'. To many families, this is a day to gather and grill hot dogs and burgers. To my family, we remember my uncle lost in Vietnam.
Took the poinsettias to my family graves. The hero of our family. My Uncle, Maj Ken P.
Tanner. We know everything abt last minutes of his life fr articles written about Operation Ripcord. This one describes him well.
And he was a redhead like my kids.❤️ https://t.co/paHhyCacqO pic.
twitter.com/XF3Tx2jirJ My Uncle, Major Kenneth P. Tanner, died in Operation Ripcord.
It was rare for people of his rank to die. Sadly, the younger lower ranking soldiers were the ones who most often lost their lives. My Uncle left behind four children under the age of 5 and a devoted wife.
Major Kenneth P. Tanner also participated in the planning session, having been assigned from the division G3 shop only the day before to take over as Lucas’s S3. “Tanner was a tall, cheerful, red-headed infantryman just bursting with enthusiasm for his assignment to a line battalion,” said Herb Koenigsbauer, who spent several hours with Tanner in the division mess facility at Camp Eagle, bringing him up to speed on how the bat.