Fort Hood remembrance

[Bluehawk]

My father was stationed here in 1945. I came across the following while researching something else.

 

From: Fort Hood Sentinel

 

Living Memorial Day: Thank, honor, remember them

 

“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived,” Gen. George S. Patton once said. At Fort Hood we have no shortage of heroes, men and women willing to lay down their lives for our way of life and to fight for those who cannot protect themselves. We thank them, honor them, remember them and remember why they are no longer here..."