Full Military Honors
I am told that...
Uncle Clyde Will have right to have full honor burial at any military cemetery including Arlington Cemetery in D.C.
( which is reserved for the very few)
if the family so chooses.
It takes time to arrange.
So the ceremony in the desert this weekend was to honor is memory.
He was one of the first 6 men to land on
Okinawa Japan.
In March, 1945, the first American troops landed on the Kerama Islands as the springboard for America's island leapfrogging strategy. Okinawa was next in line and, on April 1, 1945, the invasion began. After 11 weeks of fierce fighting, the battle of Okinawa was over June 20, 1945. Two months later Japan surrendered. Okinawa was one of the longest and hardest fought campaigns in the history of World War II. Total American battle casualties were estimated at 49,151, including 12,500 killed or missing. Japanese soldiers killed were about 60,000 while one-third of the Okinawan population, about 150,000 died in the "Typhoon of steel."
This before there was even such a thing as the Special Forces.
To secure the island for the American troops.
He saved countless American lives.
Uncle Clyde Will have right to have full honor burial at any military cemetery including Arlington Cemetery in D.C.
( which is reserved for the very few)
if the family so chooses.
It takes time to arrange.
So the ceremony in the desert this weekend was to honor is memory.
He was one of the first 6 men to land on
Okinawa Japan.
In March, 1945, the first American troops landed on the Kerama Islands as the springboard for America's island leapfrogging strategy. Okinawa was next in line and, on April 1, 1945, the invasion began. After 11 weeks of fierce fighting, the battle of Okinawa was over June 20, 1945. Two months later Japan surrendered. Okinawa was one of the longest and hardest fought campaigns in the history of World War II. Total American battle casualties were estimated at 49,151, including 12,500 killed or missing. Japanese soldiers killed were about 60,000 while one-third of the Okinawan population, about 150,000 died in the "Typhoon of steel."
This before there was even such a thing as the Special Forces.
To secure the island for the American troops.
He saved countless American lives.
3 comments:
God bless uncle clyde.
I hope the family choses the military honors. It seems like he is one person who is more than deserving.
God bless this man. He's in our prayers.
Please if you have time can you say a prayer of strength for us? We are having a sad week. I blogged about. Just a sad week.
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