Memorial Day

Veteran

There are many Achievers worldwide. For those of you not in the United States you may not know that the last Monday in the month of May is Memorial Day (A U.S. National Holiday).

It's a day set aside for everyone to commemorate U.S. men and women who died during military service. Banks are closed, there is no mail, and children don't have school (some of us lucky enough to be employed outside of a service based establishment may have the day off as well).

The scene that is the obvious one to mention today is Donny's eulogy. I think it is important to note that although this is a very enjoyable scene, that one of the specific Vietnamese locations mentioned, Khe Sanh, is very much real... And that many did in fact lose their lives in that ordeal.

The Battle of Khe Sanh was a complex struggle that spanned months in 1968 and is worthy of it's own film. Historians today are still debating who won the battle, but that is a subject I don't think people are coming to LeBlogski to learn.

Please pardon the breif departure from levity as us American Achievers celebrate Memorial Day, just as our pal Walter would want.[TQ]