Memorial Day

[Leroy Eckert]

On behalf of all Veterans I thank you for your kind thoughts. For many of us it
is not a happy day because we lost compadres in the conflict. This Day really is
about all the thousands of monuments across this great land.
There has never been World peace and there never will be. We just need to be
ready to whip the hell out of anyone who jacks with us. If I can get that
thought across to my Step Grandson I will have done my job in life.
While I was serving I had the priviledge of working on the YF-12A the
predecessor of the SR-71 Blackbird under armed guard in the dead of night. Quite
an experience for a young man.
On the lighter side, I would do it again to protect our First Amendment Rights
primarily so I can legally bitch about the price of diesel.

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40"Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL
----- Original Message -----
From: Ryan Wright
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Memorial Day


Folks,

I just want to jump in and tell you all how proud it makes me feel,
and how honored I am for your service. Many of you were serving this
great country before I was born. I am extremely grateful for your
service and the sacrifices of each of you, as well as the sacrifices
of those who did not make it home.

I did not serve in the military. I wanted to be a pilot and they
didn't take pilots with glasses. When I found out a few years back I
could fly transports for the National Guard, I applied but was
rejected due to my age.

Again, enormous thanks to all of you and happy Memorial Day. Keep
posting your service records; I enjoy learning more about you and
reading your experiences.

-Ryan
'86 PT-40 8V92
Tri-Cities, WA

On 5/28/07, Leroy Eckert wrote:
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> United States Air Force-1964-1968.
> DaNiang, Viet Nam and Korat, Thailand 1967-1968. F-105 Thunderchief and F-4
Phantom pneudraulics. E-5. Thumping Hanoi.
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> Leroy Eckert
> 1990 WB-40"Smoke N Mirrors"
> Niceville, FL
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> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 12:51 PM
> Subject: Re: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Memorial Day
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> Fellows,
> It would be interesting to see how many of the forum are Veterans , years
served, rank, war zones served in.
> Ernie, By the way I spent two years at Ft. Hood, Texas with 2nd Armored
Division and a couple months at Ft. Carson, Colorado before shipping out in 65
for Vietnam.
> Howard Truitt
> Camilla, Ga.
> 86 PT40
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> > I too was named after an Uncle but one who died a tragic death in 1936. He
was my dads only sibling. I was told he was a very good athlete and the summer
between his junior and senior year he with some other ball players were working
at the Georgia Packing Co. [later Sunnyland Packing Co] in Thomasville, Ga. to
earn a little summer money. He was hooked in the leg with a meat hook which
became infected and developed spinal mennengitus. and died. No antibiotics like
today.
> > Howard Truitt SP4 - E4
> > US Army 63 - 66
> > Vietnam 65 - 66
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> > > From: "Ernest Ekberg"
> > > Date: 2007/05/27 Sun PM 08:54:36 EDT
> > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Memorial Day
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> > > Monday is the day we remember all that have given the ultimate
> > > sacrifice for the defense of this country. Even more important for me,
> > > I was named after my uncle, who fought and never came home. His four
> > > other brothers fought and came home.
> > > Ernie Ekberg, SSGT, USAF, 67-71
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