LIKE at Veteran's Bridge

[Stig / Major Tom]

Not much traffic these days, so stopped for a couple of snaps.
LED's cycle through different colors.




Stig
….and finally some color in the fields after The Winter Without End....

[Neil955i]

Remembering your fallen comrades whilst there?  Always a sobering time, but I'm sure the ride home lifted your spirits again!

[Stig / Major Tom]

Remembering your fallen comrades whilst there?  Always a sobering time, but I'm sure the ride home lifted your spirits again!

Yeah, I cross that bridge weekly on my scooters - but this was the first time I stopped for photos.
The night before, read an article about one of the 2 C.O.'s who were awarded the MOH in Vietnam - a local fellow.
(the new movie about a para-rescue airman's much delayed award of the MOH - also involves a local man).

Friday a grandson emailed me with a series of questions he has to complete for a history class: "interview a Vietnam veteran".
He'd recently watched "Hacksaw Ridge"......so when I started by explaining that I was a CO/Medic he asked if the men waited for me to pray every day - before going on a patrol?
"Every day", I said.
(at least one of us was making the sign of the cross)
Stig

[Neil955i]

Funny how likely one is to turn to an omnipotent being at such times.  To quote Voltaire, "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him".

[Stig / Major Tom]

Funny how likely one is to turn to an omnipotent being at such times.  To quote Voltaire, "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him".

Question #8 in his interview questionnaire was, "Did he/she survive?"
….which would explain why answers #1 through #7 were "N/A" - on some of the assignments emailed back to the teacher
Stig