Thread: Memorial Day 2017

My wife and I would like to honor the memory of her then 19 year old Uncle, Sgt. Francis A. Daly, United States 8th Air Force. This was a poster I put together for a dinner fundraiser for our local Castle Air Force Museum.

Francis and the crew were finishing a bomb run over Muenster when their B-17 was hit and broken in half by German artillery. The actual crash site was outside of Muenster near a Church. The members of the Church were very kind to remove the bodies of he crew from the wreckage and bury them in the Church cemetery. Following the war American graves registration's removed the bodies for internment at the Ardennes American Cemetery in Belgium.



The copy on the poster reads as follows:

"Their wings of silver touched the passing clouds, made soft white
trails across the azure blue. But not for them this life we share on earth.
They sacrificed that gift for me and you."

Francis A. Daly, Sergeant US Army Air Corps
Ball Turret Gunner

19 Years of age - 22 successful missions
Bomber shot down by German anti-aircraft at
at 12:00 pm October 28, 1944 while on a bombing
mission over Muenster Germany
Interred at the Ardennes American Cemetary in Belgium.

The Insignia on the poster are as follows:

Far Right: 396th Bomb Group (Heavy) Bomb Group Motto: Hell From Heaven

Center: United States 8th Air Force

Left: 602nd Bombardment Squadron

Ardennes

Rest in peace Rick. My brother 1945-1966

Indeed Rick, may you rest in eternal grace and comfort. U.S. Army Infantry. Condolences Grizzley1.

Today my 3year old and I went to serve at the Memorial Day event at the Michigan Veterans Foundation. It was an awesome day. The most moving part was the dedication to the fallen. Which ended with a bugler playing Taps. What a moving moment that was.

To the fallen, thank you for your sacrifice. You paid the ultimate price for us

Originally Posted by Dieseld

Today my 3year old and I went to serve at the Memorial Day event at the Michigan Veterans Foundation. It was an awesome day. The most moving part was the dedication to the fallen. Which ended with a bugler playing Taps. What a moving moment that was.

To the fallen, thank you for your sacrifice. You paid the ultimate price for us

I thank you from my heart for taking your child so that they can learn what so many have forgotten. Freedom Isn't Free, It's Paid For with Personal Sacrifices, Blood and Lives.

Thank you Roy. Joey loves going to all of the Veteran events I cook for. This group has known him since he was 4 months old.

Another cool thing today was he was given a set of wings from the Tuskegee Airmen. I'll put them away so when he's old enough he will know what happened today

yes its is a day of remembrance, thank you for starting this thread

R.I.P. to my fallen friends
Sgt. Ken Nunn
PFC David Parker
PFC Robert Cain

we shall meet again.

Something I thought fit.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKQb...1a1lOk&index=7