Comments on: Happy Veteran’s Day http://msualumni.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/happy-veterans-day/ Taking Back What Was Once Lost Wed, 22 May 2013 12:57:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Andrea http://msualumni.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/happy-veterans-day/#comment-274 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:47:02 +0000 http://msualumni.wordpress.com/?p=591#comment-274 Great photos and a fitting tribute.
Although he wasn’t a citizen yet, my maternal grandfather Rigaude Placide Prout served in the US Navy on a transport ship the USS Mongolia during WWI. They went to Brest, France. I have his diary, lettrs he received from his father in Barbados & photos. One is of him with several other un-named “colored” soldiers & sailors.

]]> By: Aaron http://msualumni.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/happy-veterans-day/#comment-236 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:01:50 +0000 http://msualumni.wordpress.com/?p=591#comment-236 This is a very nice dedication! I love the site. keep up the good work!

]]> By: worldwar1letters http://msualumni.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/happy-veterans-day/#comment-231 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:31:08 +0000 http://msualumni.wordpress.com/?p=591#comment-231 You honor your forebears well for their service to our country.

Readers may also be interested in the writings home from the front of US Sgt. Sam Avery. Fascinating eyewitness history from the hot sands along the Rio Grande to the cold mud along the Meuse. http://worldwar1letters.wordpress.com

]]> By: chelle http://msualumni.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/happy-veterans-day/#comment-230 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:15:41 +0000 http://msualumni.wordpress.com/?p=591#comment-230 I just sent daddy a Veteran’s Day card celebrating his accomplishments as well. We sometimes tend to take these holidays for granted and hence negate our very own family contributions to the greater good. What a wonderful way to make history real, engaging and enlightening for ourselves and those yet to embrace their part of history as well. Thank you for this connection!

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