<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>. . . <b><i>Memorial Day</i></b><img src="cid:2AFFD0D8-68C0-4948-913C-08BF0A4F0742" alt="image1.jpeg" id="2AFFD0D8-68C0-4948-913C-08BF0A4F0742"></div><div><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Memorial_Day/Memorial_Day.jpg">http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Memorial_Day/Memorial_Day.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>The Air Force Song</b></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Memorial_Day/Air_Force.mp3">http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Memorial_Day/Air_Force.mp3</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><b>The Army Song</b></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Memorial_Day/Army.mp3">http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Memorial_Day/Army.mp3</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><b>The Coast Guard Song</b></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Memorial_Day/Coast_Guard.mp3">http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Memorial_Day/Coast_Guard.mp3</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><b>The Marine Corps Song</b></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Memorial_Day/Marine_Corps.mp3">http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Memorial_Day/Marine_Corps.mp3</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><b>The Navy Song</b></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Memorial_Day/Navy.mp3">http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Memorial_Day/Navy.mp3</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><b>"Arlington"</b></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Memorial_Day/Arlington.mp3">http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Memorial_Day/Arlington.mp3</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><b>"Bring 'em Home"</b></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Memorial_Day/Bring_Em_Home.mp3">http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Memorial_Day/Bring_Em_Home.mp3</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><b>"Fifty Thousand Names"</b></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Memorial_Day/Fifty_Thousand_Names.mp3">http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Memorial_Day/Fifty_Thousand_Names.mp3</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><b>"Universal Soldier"</b></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Memorial_Day/Universal_Soldier.mp3">http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Memorial_Day/Universal_Soldier.mp3</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><b>"We Take Care of Our Own"</b></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Memorial_Day/We_Take_Care_of_Our_Own.mp3">http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Memorial_Day/We_Take_Care_of_Our_Own.mp3</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><b>"We Were Soldiers Once, and Young"</b> (prolog to the movie)</div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Memorial_Day/We_Were_Soldiers_Once_and_Young.mp3">http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Memorial_Day/We_Were_Soldiers_Once_and_Young.mp3</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>----------</div><div><div><br></div><div><b>"Bury Me With Soldiers”</b> by Rev. Charles Fink</div><div>(Father Charles R. Fink, a Roman Catholic Priest of St. Philip Neri’s Church in Northport NY., served in Vietnam from March 1969 to March 1970 as a sergeant in the 199th Light Infantry Brigade.)</div><div><br></div><div><div>I've played a lot of roles in life;</div><div>I've met a lot of men,</div><div>I've done a lot of things I'd like to think</div><div>I wouldn't do again.</div><div> </div><div>And though I'm young, I'm old enough</div><div>To know someday I'll die.</div><div>And to think about what lies beyond,</div><div>Beside whom I would lie.</div><div> </div><div>Perhaps it doesn't matter much;</div><div>Still if I had my choice,</div><div>I'd want a grave 'mongst soldiers</div><div>When at last death quells my voice.</div><div> </div><div>I'm sick of the hypocrisy</div><div>Of lectures of the wise.</div><div>I'll take the man, with all the flaws,</div><div>Who goes, though scared, and dies.</div><div> </div><div>The troops I knew were commonplace</div><div>They didn't want the war;</div><div>They fought because their fathers and</div><div>Their fathers had before.</div><div> </div><div>They cursed and killed and wept...God knows</div><div>They're easy to deride...</div><div>But bury me with men like these;</div><div>They faced the guns and died.</div><div> </div><div>It's funny when you think of it,</div><div>The way we got along.</div><div>We'd come from different worlds</div><div>To live in one where no one belongs,</div><div> </div><div>I didn't even like them all;</div><div>I'm sure they'd all agree.</div><div>Yet I would give my life for them,</div><div>I know some did for me.</div><div> </div><div>So bury me with soldiers, please,</div><div>Though much maligned they be.</div><div>Yes, bury me with soldiers, for</div><div>I miss their company.</div><div> </div><div>We'll not soon see their likes again;</div><div>We've had our fill of war.</div><div>But bury me with men like them</div><div>Till someone else does more.</div></div></div><div><br></div><div>----------<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares"</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">SFC, U.S. Army (Retired)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>