For many of us, Memorial Day still holds a place in our lives where we honor those who laid down theirs in service of our country… in exchange for their brethren, in fact. 1 John 3:16 gives us the context:
“Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.” KJV
Among friends are many whose parents stood in harm’s way during World War II: a father who, as senior member of Gen. Patton’s staff, ran the gauntlet of blazing howitzers and tanks; an uncle who was a Navy aviator in the Pacific theatre; a father who weathered the horrors of a Japanese prison camp; my father who sailed Liberty ships through straits of enemy submarines and battleships. They each, and so many hundreds of thousands of brave souls, have manned the frontlines and fed the supply lines in wars that saved nations, teetering on the brink of ruin, from plummeting into tyranny.
