The Working File

I see no reason to improve on last year’s Memorial Day entry, so I’m repeating it in full below. All of the links have been updated with new information since last year.

In addition to you fun with friends and family, and catching up on your chores, please spend some time this weekend to commemorate Memorial Day.

First, you might want to educate your self a bit. I learned a lot by reading though some of the links below:

Here is a good source of information on Medal of Honor recipients in the War on Terror. Scroll down to read about them all. Next, I would suggest visiting milblogger Blackfive and his Fallen But Never Forgotten Series. While there, you might also read through the Someone You Should Know series.

Then, please do something to help our current service members. This should mean more than thinking “I support the troops,” or supporting politicians who favor some course of action, whether it be supporting the war, ending the war, etc. A good place to start is, of course, the USO. If you want to get beyond the mainstream, Blackfive, again, has some great ideas.

Finally, if you set aside some time this weekend for worship, please pray: for our soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen, for their soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen, for non-combatants, for the innocent, for the not-so-innocent, and for an end to the circumstances that sometimes require war.