Courage Sacrifice Duty

beeline · Nov 10, 2016

A salute to our veterans, past, present and future. Thank you for your service.

A mellow blend of ground-based and aerial footage for a smooth, refreshing experience.

morph1 · Nov 10, 2016

Very nice video, quite professional ...
yes indeed to all Veterans thank you for your Service, Bravery and Dedication to keep us safe.

dirkclod · Nov 10, 2016

Is touching Bee, Thanks for putting that together .

Mark The Droner · Nov 10, 2016

Following was written by Capt. John Rasmussen

EAGLE BASE, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Army News Service, May 22, 2002) --

It was raining "cats and dogs" and I was late for physical training.

Traffic was backed up at Fort Campbell, Ky., and was moving way too slowly. I was probably going to be late and I was growing more and more impatient.

The pace slowed almost to a standstill as I passed Memorial Grove, the site built to honor the soldiers who died in the Gander airplane crash, the worst redeployment accident in the history of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).

Because it was close to Memorial Day, a small American flag had been placed in the ground next to each soldier's memorial plaque.

My concern at the time, however, was getting past the bottleneck, getting out of the rain and getting to PT on time.

All of a sudden, infuriatingly, just as the traffic was getting started again, the car in front of me stopped.

A soldier, a private of course, jumped out in the pouring rain and ran over toward the grove.

I couldn't believe it! This knucklehead was holding up everyone for who knows what kind of prank. Horns were honking.

I waited to see the butt-chewing that I wanted him to get for making me late.

He was getting soaked to the skin. His BDUs were plastered to his frame. I watched-as he ran up to one of the memorial plaques, picked up the small American flag that had fallen to the ground in the wind and the rain, and set it upright again.

Then, slowly, he came to attention, saluted, ran back to his car, and drove off.

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Original link is 404 but here's a link to another forum where the story was posted in its entirety...

Memorial Day, 2008