My husband, Ron, did not die in the line of duty but he served active duty in the Navy for twelve years and worked on Navy contracts in our Weapons Defense Program for another twenty-three years. He died of pneumonia in 2003 right before our invasion into Iraq.
As usual, on every Memorial Day or Veterans Day, it is asked at church for our Veterans to please stand and be recognized as we give them our great gratitude and appreciation for their service and sacrifice to keep America free.
It's all I can do not to stand up in Ron's place because he is no longer here to stand and be recognized for himself.As a Navy wife who served alongside my husband with every move (MS, MD, CA, FL, NJ, WA, Bermuda, Philippines, Japan) and every tour of duty (three to Viet Nam), I feel the Veteran's family should also be recognized for their service and sacrifice. Without their parents, their wives, their children's support on the home front, where would our men and women be?
Memorial Day is to remember all of us who live and breathe in this land of freedom . . . those who died and those who live to remember them!
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