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When my father was buried in '86 there was a Navy Honor Guard. I was in the Navy at the time and also in uniform. I gave my dad a proper salute.
Several years later aboard my destroyer, we were performing a burial at sea of ashes for a WWII veteran. We did not have an official Honor Guard aboard. I volunteered for the rifle squad as a way of paying it forward. Believe me when I say we all took it very seriously. As the shots rang out, it was a very profound moment of acceptance and closure for me.
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08-03-2011, 07:53 AM
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Tsubaki,you and I have a lot in common, as I think many of us on this board do.
As an Army Military Policeman, performing the Flag Ceremony at end of the day, and dozens of Honor Guard assignments, were to this day my most vivid and truly profound moments of my life. I cannot hear Taps bugled without tears forming. My fourth trip to Arlington, was as deeply moving as the first if not more so. it was my absolute honor to perform these ceremonies for men I had never met. They each affected me profoundly. What you wrote above was beautiful. The two most haunting and memorable things a man will hear in his life will be Taps performed by an Army Bugler and Ave Maria performed by a Police Bagpipe Honor Guard, especially at a loved ones funeral. And if that loved one is one who served, well when the shots ring out, honorable closure is at hand.
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08-03-2011, 08:46 AM
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ah yes. same thoughts from me with my dads funeral 2.5 years ago. What a wonderful job they did. It really made the ceremony special.
Only difference was that instead of the 95 degree heat, they were out there in blistering cold weather. I cherish the flag that they folded and gave to my mother. damn I still miss them both... rkc
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08-03-2011, 09:25 AM
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Here Here. Never served, but I get it. I cannot forget the same display when my father was layed to rest in 1976. I cherish his flag to this day. Only a couple memories of spending time with dad, he was only 39. I was 6, I shall Never forget the ceremony, still vivid in my mind. God Bless the men and women of our armed services.
NYC Memorial Day Parade - It brought a tear to my eyes. http://www.youtube.com/user/leeretiree Sorry for your loss TSU.
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