Not sure if everyone knows about this organization, but they are wonderful. They keep alive the memories of men who were killed in WWII. On Memorial Day, they place wreaths on graves of veterans buried overseas. You can join as a collateral relative; I joined under my uncle's name as he died without ever being married or having children. American War Orphans Network: http://www.awon.org/awmain.shtml My veteran ancestors: Samuel C. Thompson (WWI) John McCoy Patrick (WWII - KIA Dec. 25, 1944 - buried @ Luxembourg) Hugh Slaughter (WWII) Keeping their memory alive ... Donna O'Brien On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Shelia <shelias1401@webtv.net> wrote: > I think everybody on here should email and tell names of veterans they > know or knew--family or otherwise--so we can all remember them and take > the time to honor them. Some of my uncles who were veterans and from > our area: Halbert (Hab) Cash WWII D-Day Veteran, John Roberts, Jr. > Korea Veteran, Clyde Cash WWII Veteran, Bob Roberts WWII Veteran, Bobby > Morris Roberts Vietnam Veteran, Roy Roberts Korea (?) Veteran. Great > uncles: John H. Nelson WWI Veteran, Abe Glenoy Nelson WWII Veteran, > William B. Nelson WWI Veteran. These veterans may be gone but they are > not forgotten. Would like to hear from everyone else of any and all > veterans who touched their lives. > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, > requests for help, and other genealogical related information > that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a > possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no > soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. > Betty McBee - list administrator-- macbetty2@peoplepc.com > Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNMARION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >