<div> </div> <div><A href="http://thegoldweb.com/voices/irahayes.htm">http://thegoldweb.com/voices/irahayes.htm</A></div> <div> </div> <div>The link above does a pretty good job of telling the story of Ira Hayes, one of the marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima in one of the most memorable photographs of WWII.</div> <div> </div> <div>Although Hayes wasn't actually killed in action, his story seems well worth remembering on Memorial Day.</div> <div>His story is just one of thousands of stories of veterans who were praised as heroes, but then forgotten and ignored---with tragic consequences---when the fighting was over. </div> <div> </div> <div>We should never forget those who died in combat. </div> <div> </div> <div>Neither should we forget those who come home with the scars of war. </div> <div>They deserve much better than the neglect Hayes, and millions of others, have received when they returned. </div> <div> </div>
<div>TL</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>"Those 'technicalities' have a name, Bobby. They're called the Bill of Rights.</div> <div> ----Hank Hill</div><p> 
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