I had an opportunity to visit the Vietnam Memorial of Michigan a week or so ago. The memorial is in Mount Pleasant, MI. Experiencing a memorial is always a moving experience. So many good men and women have sacrificed so much for us without really knowing the reality of what they were purchasing for us with their lives.
One cannot visit a memorial without being humbled and experiencing the quiet hope that we are living up to the expectations of their sacrifice.
They have added a memorial to veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan at the Vietnam Memorial. The two named veterans include one of my brothers from another drill instructor, LCpl Justin M. Ellsworth of Charlie Company, 7th ESB Combat Engineer, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion. The other veteran is SFC Gregory Rodriguez of the 709th Military Police Battalion, 18th MP Brigade.
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