WE REMEMBER
In memory of James C. Moore, USMC Vietnam Veteran | In memory of John A. Van Wynckt Jr. | In memory of Lt. Col George Ward, USMC | In memory of L/C Shawn O’Conner Afghanistan 2011 | In memory of Gail F. Wilson | In memory of Ken Almer | In memory of Aircrew of Independence 08 | In memory of Frank J.J. Simon | In memory of Dennis E. Sullivan, British Army | In memory of SP4 Thomas Blatz, US Army, Trp C 10th Cavalry Vietnam 1971 | In memory of Donald Foster, U.S. Army WWII | In memory of SSG Anthony Cupp, US Air Force, Korean War 1950 -1953 | In Memory of LCPL Richard Lee Blasen, USMC, Vietnam 1967 | In memory of 1LT Jared Southworth, OEF 2009 ILARNG | In memory of SSG Jason Burkholder, OEF 2009 ILARNG | In memory of SSG Porter Earl Calloway, US Army, 196th Light Infantry Brigade, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry, B Company, Weapons Platoon Vietnam 1968 | In memory of "Pap" Griffith, US Navy | In memory of Matthew Ronquillo, 82nd Airborne Division | In memory of Lt. Col. Paul "Tabs" Voss, USAF Project Liberty/Freedom's Sentinel | In memory of Henry Chan Lam, US Army 1943 | In memory of Sgt. Jack T. Hennessy, US Army Operation Iraqi Freedom 2004 | In memory of Josef Metz, US Army Vietnam | In memory of Robert Lee Howerton, US Army | In memory of Greg Brown, US Army 1982-1984 | In Memory of Bill McHale, Infantry WWII | In memory of SPC Richard W. Yohnka, US Army Vietnam | In memory of SPC Grant US Army 2000-2002 | In Memory of Edward Rivara Sr., US Army WWII | In memory of CMSgt Earl Willoughby, USAF Vietnam | In memory of Cpl. Richard "Rick" Raymond Norland, USMC 2013-2016
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Across the world on Memorial Day, Monday May 30, 2022 we remember that all gave some and some gave all. We are connected by sharing the stories of the military services members we have lost and honoring their lives.
Here are recorded videos of individuals sharing their stories and memories of others from past NVAM Memorial Day Programs. As we have learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, even when we cannot be together, we are able to commemorate with the same level of honor and personal story by exploring more. Click here to see more stories on the archive or click the Explore Stories button above. Be a part of NVAM's Memorial Day program.
Here are recorded videos of individuals sharing their stories and memories of others from past NVAM Memorial Day Programs. As we have learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, even when we cannot be together, we are able to commemorate with the same level of honor and personal story by exploring more. Click here to see more stories on the archive or click the Explore Stories button above. Be a part of NVAM's Memorial Day program.
Jeanine Hill-Soldner, artist and military child honoring her father, Sgt. Maj. Dan L. Hill, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam War USMC Veteran |
James "Jim" C. Moore (1948-2022), USMC Vietnam Veteran, NVAM Honorary Board Member sharing a memory of LCPL Richard Lee Blasen, USMC |
Ned B. Ricks, US Army Vietnam Veteran reading Fiddler's Green
The Cavalrymen's Poem, also entitled "Fiddlers' Green" was published in the U.S. Army's Cavalry Journal in 1923 and became associated with the 1st Cavalry Division. Fiddler’s Green is a legendary imagined afterlife where soldiers live in eternal bliss...
Fiddler’s Green
Halfway down the trail to Hell,
In a shady meadow green
Are the Souls of all dead Troopers camped,
Near a good old-time canteen.
And this eternal resting place
Is known as Fiddlers’ Green.
Marching past, straight through to Hell
The Infantry are seen.
Accompanied by the Engineers,
Artillery and Marines,
For none but the shades of Cavalrymen
Dismount at Fiddlers’ Green.
Though some go curving down the trail
To seek a warmer scene.
No Trooper ever gets to Hell
Ere he’s emptied his canteen.
And so rides back to drink again
With friends at Fiddlers’ Green.
And so when man and horse go down
Beneath a saber keen,
Or in a roaring charge of fierce melee
You stop a bullet clean,
And the hostiles come to get your scalp,
Just empty your canteen,
And put your pistol to your head
And go to Fiddlers’ Green.
Halfway down the trail to Hell,
In a shady meadow green
Are the Souls of all dead Troopers camped,
Near a good old-time canteen.
And this eternal resting place
Is known as Fiddlers’ Green.
Marching past, straight through to Hell
The Infantry are seen.
Accompanied by the Engineers,
Artillery and Marines,
For none but the shades of Cavalrymen
Dismount at Fiddlers’ Green.
Though some go curving down the trail
To seek a warmer scene.
No Trooper ever gets to Hell
Ere he’s emptied his canteen.
And so rides back to drink again
With friends at Fiddlers’ Green.
And so when man and horse go down
Beneath a saber keen,
Or in a roaring charge of fierce melee
You stop a bullet clean,
And the hostiles come to get your scalp,
Just empty your canteen,
And put your pistol to your head
And go to Fiddlers’ Green.
