Remembering...
Sp5 Wyley Wright Jr. & Ouida Wright Reburied in
March 10, 2014 During "Love Separated in Life...Love Reunited in Honor" Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, 50 Years and 44 Years After their respective deaths of March 9, 1964 and March 9, 1970
 The pristine alabaster appearing headstones at Arlington National Cemetery along
with the pomp and circumstance of
full military honors assuage the stark
harness of war and its results
March 9,1964 U.S. Army Helicopter UH-1B-62-01961 crashed in the Mekong River killing Sp5 Wyley Wright Jr. and PFC John Francis Shea as Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara watched safely from the shore.
(photo of wreckage from Knights Over the Delta: An Oral History of the 114th Aviation Company in Vietnam, 1963-72 by Steve Stibbons)
The 114th Aviation Company Tribute March 1964 to White Officer, 1Lt. Kenneth A. Shannon
and Black, NCO, Sp5 Wyley Wright Jr. Exemplified
The Beginning of Changes in U.S. Race Relations Just Months after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s
"I Have a Dream" Speech, August 28,1963.
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Click Image to See Wright Sisters Find the Gate in 2015. 1964 Photo by 114th Aviation Company Commander George Young.
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Documentary
"Thank You For Your Service"
San Francisco Writer Asks
COMMEMORATING MEMORIAL DAY 2020: REFLECTIONS
BY ANH LÊ
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Today, we commemorate Memorial Day.
We honor those who have served in the military, and who have died during their military service.
We also honor all the children, women, and men, who have died during war, casualties of wars which they did not ask for nor created.
We honor the soldiers who died in World War I and World War II.
We honor the soldiers who died in the Viet Nam War, the war which ended on April 15, 1975.
We honor the soldiers who died in the Iraq War.
We honor the soldiers who died in the War in Afghanistan, a war which continues and is the longest war for the U.S.
In the Viet Nam War, almost 4 million Vietnamese were killed. 58,220 American soldiers died.
In the War in Iraq, more than 1 million Iraqis were killed. Over 4,500 American soldiers died.
In the War in Afghanistan, over hundreds of thousands of Afghans have been killed and injured. The numbers are probably much higher. Over 2,500 American soldiers have died.
In both the Iraqi War and the Afghan War, the United States president ordered the invasions of both sovereign nations.
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2020 National Memorial Day Concert |
Full Broadcast | PBS
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Thank you PBS hosts Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise and guests for a special presentation of PBS' National Memorial Day Concert: America's Night of Remembrance.
Amid COVID-19, We Honor Warriors on the Front Line...
Fallen Soldiers We Mourn With Your Families...
We Can Be Sure Many of the COVID-19 Served Our Country in the Military! Rest in Peace & Honor!
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YOUR HELP STILL NEEDED ON THE FRONT LINES OF COVID-19 WITHOUT GOING TO THE FRONT...
Thanks American Red Cross Bay Area Chapter Board Member & Human Rights Commissioner, Karen Clopton for This Important Message:
Consider Giving the Gift of Life Even Amid COVID-19
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