26 May 2012

Memorial Day 2012

In the United States the last Monday in the month of May has been set aside as Memorial Day. This year that honor falls on the 28th day of the month.

Memorial Day is the one day a year we take pause and remember those men and women that have died while serving their country in time of war. This tradition of honoring our war dead started just as the Civil War ended, then it was called "Decoration Day."  Originally, it was to commemorate the fallen Union soldiers of the Civil War. However, over time it was extended to all war dead (to include the wars, conflicts, and campaigns prior to the Civil War).

This Monday, I ask that all my family and friends please take a moment (or two) and pause to reflect on the ultimate sacrifices made by those individuals when they died while serving our nation and defending our freedom during the time of war.

While you are at it, also keep in mind everyone that is currently in harm's way and remember the Veterans of all the Armed Forces.

Have a Safe, Happy, Fun-filled, Weekend and above all remember Memorial Day and be grateful to be part of a nation that can produce such men and women.

Peace,
Dave Guerra
A/6/502 - Berlin Brigade - '85 - '87




P.S. The following is a list of the Wars, Campaigns, Conflicts, Expeditions, Interdiction, and Operations that our nation's military has participated since the American Revolution up to the current Global War on Terror:
  • American Revolutionary War or American War of Independence
  • Northwest Indian War or Little Turtle's War or Miami Campaign
  • Quasi-War or Franco-American War or Half War
  • First Barbary War or Barbary Coast War or Tripolitan War
  • Tecumseh's War or Tecumseh's Rebellion
  • War of 1812 or Second War of Independence
  • Second Barbary War or Algerian War
  • First Seminole War
  • West Indies Anti-Piracy Operations
  • African Anti-Slavery Operations
  • Callao Affair
  • Arikara War
  • Aegean Anti-Piracy Operations
  • Winnebago War or Le Fèvre Indian War
  • Black Hawk War or Black Hawk Campaign
  • First Sumatran Expedition
  • United States Exploring Expedition
  • Second Seminole War or Florida War
  • Second Sumatran Expedition
  • Capture of Monterey
  • Battle of Kororareka
  • Mexican–American War or Mexican War
  • Navajo Wars
  • Cayuse War
  • Pitt River Expedition
  • Apache Wars
  • Bombardment of San Juan del Norte or Bombardment of Greytown
  • Battle of Ty-ho Bay
  • First Fiji Expedition
  • Yakima War
  • Rogue River Wars
  • Puget Sound War
  • Third Seminole War or Billy Bowlegs War
  • Second Opium War or Second Anglo-Chinese War or Second China War
  • Second Fiji Expedition
  • Paraguay Expedition
  • Reform War
  • Paiute War or Paiute Indian War or Pyramid Lake War
  • American Civil War or War Between the States
  • Dakota War of 1862 or Sioux Uprising or Sioux Outbreak of 1862
  • Bombardment of Qui Nhơn or Colorado War
  • Cochinchina Campaign
  • Battles for Shimonoseki
  • Powder River Expedition or Connor Expedition
  • Snake War
  • Red Cloud's War or Bozeman War or Powder River War
  • Formosa Expedition or Taiwan Expedition of 1867
  • Comanche Campaign or Comanche War
  • Battle of Boca Teacapan
  • Korean Expedition or Shinmiyangyo
  • Modoc War or Modoc Campaign or Lava Beds War
  • Oahu Expedition
  • Red River War
  • Black Hills War or Great Sioux War of 1876–77 or Little Big Horn Campaign
  • Nez Perce War or Nez Perce Campaign
  • Bannock War or Bannock Campaign
  • Cheyenne War or Cheyenne Campaign
  • Sheepeater Indian War
  • White River War or Ute War or Ute Campaign
  • Egyptian Expedition or Second Anglo-Egyptian War
  • Colombian Civil War
  • Samoan Crisis or First Samoan Civil War
  • Pine Ridge Campaign or Ghost Dance War
  • Bering Sea Anti-Poaching Operations
  • Chilean Civil War
  • Rio de Janeiro Affair
  • Second Samoan Civil War
  • Spanish-American War
  • Philippine Insurrection or Philippine–American War or Philippine War of Independence
  • Moro Rebellion
  • Boxer Rebellion or The Boxer Uprising
  • Occupation of Nicaragua or Nicaraguan Campaign
  • Mexican Revolution or Mexican Expedition or Pancho Villa Expedition
  • Occupation of Haiti or Haitian Campaign or Caco War
  • Occupation of the Dominican Republic or Dominican Campaign
  • World War I or First World War or Great War
  • Russian Civil War
  • World War II or Second World War
  • Cold War
  • First Indochina War or French Indochina War
  • Korean War or Korean Conflict or The Forgotten War
  • Second Indochina War or Vietnam War or Vietnam Conflict
  • Laotian Civil War or Secret War (part of the Second Indochina War)
  • 1958 Lebanon crisis or Operation Blue Bat
  • Bay of Pigs Invasion
  • Cambodian Civil War (part of the Second Indochina War)
  • Invasion of the Dominican Republic or Operation Power Pack
  • Invasion of Grenada or Operation Urgent Fury
  • Lebanese Civil War or Multinational Force in Lebanon
  • 1981 Gulf of Sidra incident or First Gulf of Sidra Incident
  • Action in the Gulf of Sidra or Operation Prairie Fire
  • Bombing of Libya or Operation El Dorado Canyon
  • Iran-Iraq War or Operation Earnest Will or Tanker War
  • 1989 Gulf of Sidra incident or Second Gulf of Sidra Incident
  • Invasion of Panama or Operation Just Cause
  • Gulf War or Persian Gulf War or Operation Desert Storm
  • Somali Civil War or Operation Restore Hope
  • Bosnian War or Operation Deliberate Force
  • Operation Uphold Democracy
  • Bombings of Afghanistan and Sudan or Operation Infinite Reach
  • Kosovo War or Operation Allied Force or Operation Noble Anvil
  • War on Terror
  • Operation Enduring Freedom - Afghanistan or War in Afghanistan
  • Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines or Operation Freedom Eagle
  • Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa
  • Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara
  • Operation Iraqi Freedom or Iraq War
  • War in North-West Pakistan or Operation Freedom Eagle
  • Yemeni al-Qaeda crackdown
  • Second Liberian Civil War
  • 2004 Haitian coup d'état
  • 2011 Libyan civil war or Operation Odyssey Dawn