the 11th day of the 11th month

Something to remember from later wars:

The only destroyer to sink a battleship http://tinyurl.com/7p58s

I think they should have a USS Melvin and a USS Barry K. Atkins on the Navy list.

A bit of the background story http://www.battleship.org/html/Articles/History/Leyte0.htm

This is an interesting web site, a personal look http://www.riverinesailor.com/Tango1.htm

More recent history http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0838511.html

the percentage of U.S. military personnel who witnessed someone being killed or wounded: 36% in 2003 50% in 2004 47% so far this year.

We should thank our veterans and those currently in uniform every day. Not to make too big a deal out of it, but our every day life has been shaped by the freedoms that these men & women fought for. It is an enormous duty, not undertaken lightly, and we should not dismiss it carelessly... and I personally don't think we should remember & honor them only once a year. But today is a good day to do so.

Regards to all Doug King

http://www.greatwar.nl/

And songs comment on the situation One especially moving

original version

My maternal Grandfather served in WWI. He was a Lt. on Destroyer Escorts in the British Navy. I have his personal log or journal he kept during his naval service. His entry for this day was very simple: In a large hand, he wrote across almost the entire page, "Thank God! It's Over! Peace at Last"......and then below noted the orders to cease fire at a certain time.

I thought it was interesting that when the order went out to cease fire, it wasn't to cease fire "immediately", but rather later on in the day. I guess the idea was to allow enough time for the order to be communicated to most of the units on both sides of the contest.