Greetings: This coming Monday, May 31 this year, is the day set aside in the United States of America to honor those who gave their lives in service to their country. It differs from Veteran's Day in that it does *not* focus on those who served and lived, such as (thankfully!) my father, my son, and myself; rather, it commemorates those who marched, or sailed, away, and did not return to tell the tales. Sometimes those tales would have been of heroism, sometimes of terror, more often of boredom, and loneliness. We will never know, except as those who did return may tell us, and only then if we keep the stories alive. So often those whom we should honor on Memorial Day have no other remembrance. So often they died too young to have families of their own, or if they did have children they left their sons and daughters to be raised by others. Too many times only parents, and siblings, and nephews and nieces, will ever recall the sacrifice; because the genealogists of a future time will not find them "in the line". But they stood in the line for us. I encourage anyone who knows of someone who died in service to his country to post a message about that person on this list. There is NO qualification of country; honorable service may be found on both sides of every conflict. I do suggest that if possible, you choose someone who is connected with the topic of this list; but if the name which you would choose would not be written otherwise -- please, write it here. And don't stop remembering when the barbecue is hot. Darrell list admin