Memorial Day

Vietnam veteran Jim Zwit spent four decades tracking down family members of eight men of his Delta Company unit who perished in a brutal firefight on April 15, 1971. Movingly told by Mary Schmich for the Chicago Tribune, Mr. Zwit's story is a jaw-dropper.

Comments

[Dave the Carpenter]

Memorial Day is a fond memory from my childhood. But I find it a little confusing now. If my memory is correct, it was a day for rememberance of family and friends who had gone on to whatever reward there may be. Those deceased friends and family might or might not have included armed services members. Now, in some quarters, the focus is on remembering our fallen soldiers. Certainly, there has been more warfare. Is that the reason for the re-focusing? Or have I only imagined this?

Perhaps the picture is much bigger and I simply cannot see it.