Honoring Our Vets on Memorial Day

[icnmgrjill]

Great Uncle - General Jack Kittrell - US Army Cavalry - Pre WW2, WW2

Grandfather Harold Osborne - US Navy Communications Officer 40 years service - Pre WW2, WW2, Korea
Grandfather Leon Larson - US Navy Pilot (the 1st man to solo in the first navy class at Pensacola) - Pre WW2

My father Jack Osborne - US Naval Ordinance - WW2
Uncle Harold Osborne - US Army - WW2
Uncle Jim Osborne - US Navy - WW2
Aunt Jean Osborne - US Navy Wave & Pilot
Uncle Henry Osborne - US Navy - WW2 - Korea
Uncle Rolf Runsvold - US Army Medic - WW2 - Served in North Africa, Sicily and Italy under General Patton
Uncle Jim Fortner - US Army - WW2
Uncle Chuck Kummer - US Navy - WW2
Donald Schmidt - US Navy - Pearl Harbor Survivor from the USS Pennsylvania
Uncle Jim Coursey - US Navy - Korea

Cousin Charles Runsvold - Marine Corp Helicopter Pilot, Vietnam
Cousin Jerry Osborne - US Army - Vietnam (came home disabled and died of cancer like the result of agent orange exposure)
Cousin Chris Coursey - US Army Cavalry - Desert Storm
Tom Phillips - US Army - Vietnam - Killed During Service

My brother Jack Osborne - US Navy Nuke Submariner - Post Vietnam

Nephew Rob Schmidt - US Marine Corps - Post Desert Storm

& numerous assorted cousins, 2nd cousins & more who served..

I offer my heartfelt gratitude for their service. I wish that every soldier serving today were safe, warm and home.

Very proud to be a Navy brat!

Jill

[Kara29]

Jill,

That is truely amazing! What an honor! Thanks for sharing all of your family history and what they have done for us. I will be thinking of all of them tomorrow as well as the many others out there!

Kara Lynn

[IcyAngel23]

Jill-
My brother is a Marine and is serving over in Iraq. I just want to honor him and all the others over there right now. The vets that have come and gone have made our country what it is today. So thanks for your family's committment. Cpl. Ryan Phelan (my bro) be safe and we all love you. Pray for those soliders fighting over there right now. Everyday gets worse and my parents already have me dealing with severe IC. It seems no matter what my parents do they can't help or protect their children from war or disease.
Every prayer helps. Thanks for honoring and sharing you family's history.
"Semper Fi" (always faithful)
Kris

[icnmgrjill]

And for Cindy Sinclairs (ICU Texas) son, currently flying Medic helicopters in Iraq... May he also come home soon... safe and sound!

Anyone else with sons and daughters in Iraq?? Please tell us their stories!

Jill :)