Veterans Support Group
This community is dedicated to all veterans of armed forces, and the health and life challenges they face. A veteran often refers to retired armed services personnel, one one who has served in the armed forces and has an honorable discharge. Join many others in sharing your experiences to find support.
Perhaps take a moment to reflect this weekend for those who have served our country and paid the ultimate sacrifice.
The Bugle Call "Taps", very stirring. The Bugle call, extends the soldiers day at sun set. For some, killed in action Taps ended their physical time on earth. Taps is sounded at days end, at every military station, over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, over the Battleship Arizona, at the the grave of a fallen comrade and on Memorial Day.
Taps is not a funeral song because it is not a sad song - - rather a prayer. They are the words of a soldier simple and direct written by General Daniel Butterfield and his Assistant Bugler Oliver Norton in 1862 during the Civil War.. (Condinced words for the Field Soldier):
"Day is Done, Gone The Sun.. From The Field, From The Hill, From The Sky. All is Well, Safely Rest. God is Nigh".
American War Casualties:
Civil War: 498,332; WWI: 116,707; WWII: 407,316; Korean War: 54,246; Vietnam War: 58,655; Persian Gulf War: 269; Iraqi War: 4,278 (Combat Related). POW/MIA's: in excess of 2500.
In the past two hundred years, over one million American's have died for this country. Monuments have been built, speeches have been delivered and a National Holiday was granted to HONOR these American Heros....
The Bugle Call "Taps", very stirring. The Bugle call, extends the soldiers day at sun set. For some, killed in action Taps ended their physical time on earth. Taps is sounded at days end, at every military station, over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, over the Battleship Arizona, at the the grave of a fallen comrade and on Memorial Day.
Taps is not a funeral song because it is not a sad song - - rather a prayer. They are the words of a soldier simple and direct written by General Daniel Butterfield and his Assistant Bugler Oliver Norton in 1862 during the Civil War.. (Condinced words for the Field Soldier):
"Day is Done, Gone The Sun.. From The Field, From The Hill, From The Sky. All is Well, Safely Rest. God is Nigh".
American War Casualties:
Civil War: 498,332; WWI: 116,707; WWII: 407,316; Korean War: 54,246; Vietnam War: 58,655; Persian Gulf War: 269; Iraqi War: 4,278 (Combat Related). POW/MIA's: in excess of 2500.
In the past two hundred years, over one million American's have died for this country. Monuments have been built, speeches have been delivered and a National Holiday was granted to HONOR these American Heros....
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TAPS RIPS RIGHT TO MY SOUL...I STOP AND THINK OF MY FAMILY THAT GAVE THEIR LIVES
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I ALSO HAD FAMILY GIVE THEIR LIVES FOR THIS COUNTRY SO THAT PEOPLE HAD THE FREEDOMS THAT THEY ENJOY TODAY.
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