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All Gave Some.     Some Gave All.
Rememberering those who have served:   Americans all -  who have paid a
high price - or paid the ultimate price   ...Just To Keep the Lights On.
This collection is about rememembrance.
Once long ago my daughter asked me, "What did you do during the Vietnam War?"
As a Submariner during that time I did some thinking about this.
Here is what I came up with:
Sometimes on stormy nights when the power flickers,
I think of men I don't even know working out-there.
Somewhere in the darkness.
Going about the business of keeping the lights on.
What did I do in the Vietnam war?
I was just punching holes in the ocean.
Somewhere in the darkness.  Helping keep the lights on.
......(2000)     Sid Harrison ETCM(SS) USN/Ret
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Both professional and amateur  wordsmiths are included. Content is not limited to Submariners
and other Military Branches but range across Memorial Day essays, varied writings, tributes
and poems. Including  musings about the loss of friends, of relatives, and individuals or groups 
who have served their fellow Americans in some capacity.
Some writings are NOT about a specific individual or group but instead reflect a
particular (and often familiar) tone of loss and remembrance.
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~Remembering~      A collection of links to U.S. Submarine Memorial Pages Local
MILITARY HONORS! Local
Our Flag Local
DENNIS C. KNAPP MM3(SS)    USS Scorpion SSN-589   22 May 1968 External
JAMES F. PHILLIPPI SOS2(SS)      USS Thresher SSN-593    10 April 1963 Local
JAMES DELOS PARKS MM/2c      USS Langley CV-1   12 April 1942 External
JACK LUNTSFORD MMC(SS)     Vietnam    1 July 1969 Local
TERRY NELON    Normandy      6 June 1944 Local
JAMES E. WILLIAMS BMC USN(Ret)   Medal of Honor - Vietnam    13 October 1999 Local
WILLIAM ARTHUR HARRISON    //     UDT-14 WW-II     //   17 February 1994. Local
Robert Lee Harrison     3 July 2001 Local
Sea Fever  by John Masefield  Local
Crossing The Bar  by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Local
Lost Harbor   by Leslie Nelson Jennings Local
Bright Harbor    by Daniel Whitehead Hickey Local
New Duty Station    by Mike Hemming Local
JUST A COMMON SOLDIER (A Soldier Died Today)  by A. Lawrence Vaincourt Local
THE SPIRIT OF THE AMERICAN SOLDIER   By Beverly Cole Haire Local
In Time  by Major Michael Davis O'Donnell 1 Jan 1970 Dak To, Vietnam Local
In Flanders Field  by Lt. Col. John McCrae Local
Sailor's Prayer  by Robert L. Harrison Local
Stones Of Gray    by   Cdr. Ed Bookhart   USN/Ret Local
Amazing Grace  by Reverend John Newton (1725-1807) Local
"Oh rest your oars and let me drift"  by Sarah Orne Jewett Local
Mortality    Abraham Lincoln's Favorite Poem External
FATHER'S DAY --- AT THE WALL    Copied from The Atlanta  Journal-Constitution Local
Literary Works For The Wall     via The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall External
Still The Noblest Calling  by J.D. Wetterling Local
From The Other Side  by Patrick Camunes Local
Brave Hearts - the Story of Glenn Rojohn Local
Just Another Memorial Day     by Thomas D. Segel Master Gunnery Sergeant USMC/Ret Local
A Memorial Day Essay    Bob McManus Local
I Went Fishing Today    John Bay Local
Dolphins on the 7th of December         Tom McNulty Local
Sea Devil's Farewell    Pat Householder Local
A Submariner Remembers His Grandfather  Danny Butler Local
On the Occasion of the NARWHAL Decommissioning   by Alan Donn Local
THE PASSING OF THE JIMMY K.     Tom Conlon & JDawg Local
CHIEF RAY BLOOMER       Mike Hemming Local
DIVER DALE's 1970 CHRISTMAS JOURNEY     Dale Worley Local