Memorial Day 2021 - We Remember

Major Michael Davis O'Donnell wrote this two months before his crew went MIA:

"If you are able,
save them a place
inside of you
and save one backward glance
when you are leaving
for the places they can
no longer go.

Be not ashamed to say
you loved them,
though you may
or may not have always.

Take what they have left
and what they have taught you
with their dying
and keep it with your own.

And in that time
when men decide and feel safe
to call the war insane,
take one moment to embrace
those gentle heroes
you left behind."

Major Michael Davis O'Donnell
January 1, 1970
Dak To, Vietnam

Memorial Day Tribute
MI, UNITED STATES
05.19.2020
Video by Spc. Brian Pearson
126th Public Affairs Operations Center
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Army National Cemetary Wreath Laying Ceremony
VA, UNITED STATES
12.19.2020
Courtesy Video
Army Multimedia and Visual Information Directorate
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Coast Guard Chief Musician performs taps
UNITED STATES
05.19.2020
Courtesy Video
U.S. Coast Guard District 8
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