A Memorial Day Tribute 2024
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- Опубликовано: 26 май 2024
- Remembering Sacrifice: A WWII Sailor’s Heartfelt Letter to His Son.
Below is the letter in its entirety.
Commander John J. Shea, FA USN
June 29, 1942
Dear Jackie,
This is the first letter I have ever written directly to my little son and I am thrilled to know that you can read it all by yourself. If you miss some of the words, I'm sure it will be because I do not write very plainly. Mother will help you in that case I am sure.
I was certainly glad to hear your voice over the long distance telephone. It sounded as though I were right in the living room with you. You sounded as though you missed your daddy very much. I miss you too, more than anyone will ever know. It is too bad this war could not have been delayed a few more years so that I could grow up again with you and do with you all the things I planned to do when you were old enough to go to school.
I thought how nice it would be for me to come home early in the afternoon and play ball with you, and go mountain climbing and see the trees, and brooks, and learn all about woodcraft, hunting, fishing, swimming, and things like that. I suppose we must be brave and put these things off for a little while.
When you are a little bigger you will know why your daddy is not home so much any more. You know we have a big country and we have ideals as to how people should live and enjoy the riches of it and how each is born with equal rights to life, freedom, and the pursuit of happiness. Unfortunately, there are some countries in the world where they don't have these ideals, where a boy cannot grow up to be what he wants to be with no limits on his opportunities to be a great man, such as a great priest, statesman, doctor, soldier, business man etc.
Because there are people and countries who want to change our nation, its ideals, forms of government, and way of life, we must leave our homes and families to fight. Fighting for the defense of our country, ideals, homes, and honor is an honor and a duty which your daddy has to do before he can come home to settle down with you and Mother. When it is done, he is coming home to be with you always and forever. So wait just a little while longer. I am afraid it will be more than the two weeks you told me on the phone.
In the meantime, take good care of Mother. Be a good boy and grow up to be a good young man. Study hard when you go to school. Be a leader in everything good in life. Be a good Catholic, and you can't help being a good American. Play fair always. Strive to win but if you must lose, lose like a gentleman and a good sportsman. Don't ever be a quitter either in sports or in your business or profession when you grow up. Get all the education you can. Stay close to Mother and follow her advice. Obey her in everything, no matter how you may at times disagree. She knows what is best and will never let you down or lead you away from the right and honorable things in life. If I don't get back, you will have to be Mother's protector because you will be the only one she has. You must grow up to take my place as well as your own in her life and heart.
Love your grandmother and granddad as long as they live. They too will never let you down. Love your aunts and see them as often as you can. Last of all, don't ever forget your daddy. Pray for him to come back and if it is God's will that he does not, be the kind of a boy and man your daddy wants you to be.
Thanks for the nice sweater and handkerchiefs and particularly for the note and card. Write me very often and tell me everything.
Kiss Mother for me every night.
Goodbye for now.
With all my love and devotion for Mother and you,
Your daddy 
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God bless America! #Neverforget 🇺🇸
Yes indeed, GOD bless America!!
Very nice. Very Kelt. Thank you all.
KelTec, You're amazing! I hit the like button as soon as I saw it!
My Grandfather George "Pop" Page was there as a gunner on Destroyer ship USS John W. Weeks dd 701. Kamakazes sank ships all around them and others were sunk by torpedoes. Thankfully Pop came home to be the best Grandfather a boy and man would ever want for. He was wounded in action, patched up and back on the guns in the same day. #RememberTheFallen
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Sadly, my father never got to get a letter from his. H dad came home from World War II to make a family. Stayed in for Korea. Killed in action 1950. Defending Pusan. But his wife and two children went on to do great things. And he saved the people of South Korea. Sergeant Broaddus lies in Arlington.
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If they could only see the state of the nation now . . .
You sure got that right. You read my mind. How I wished they knew that our govt would turn out they don't care at all about the sacrifice made for this country, they are hell bent in destroying it. Illegals are allowed to pour in, not knowing their real intents, as they get what veterans could only dream of getting. It isn't the Germans, Japanese, and Italians, that is the issue this time, it's our own govt. Dad, Uncles, Grandpas, brother-in-laws, etc, that are alive or dead, you could have stayed home. How I wished you could have seen the sellouts we have today. Still, your heart and fighting spirit will live on in some of us. We CAN'T and WILL NOT throw out your sacrifice
If they could see us now, that would be hell, not Heaven.
And what's really sick is back then we actually DID FIGHT TO PROTECT "OUR" COUNTRY! Lately all the wars we fight are to protect OTHER COUNTRIES AND "THEIR" citizens Not Ours!! All the middle east wars we've been involved in have Nothing to do with protecting OUR rights!! Its been to protect the lives and freedoms of the citizens of THOSE countries,, people who Hate us and Our country! SICK!! Sick that soldiers come back from those senseless wars without limbs and scars mentally and physically to last a lifetime!! Fkn Sick!!
Amein
Wonder how bone spurs is celebrating today? My dad sent a similar letter home from Vietnam so I’m honoring his sacrifice by reminding people that he and everyone like him were heroic, not suckers or losers.
Can you leave politics out of it for one fing day loser?
fought for illuminatti, not Country.
Fought so you could leave that shit comment too.