As a current U of H student, who spent 8 years serving in the United States Army, I must commend you for bringing this issue to light. I served in Iraq for a year, and lost many friends over there. Memorial Day is often misplaced by people saying “Happy Memorial Day”, when in reality a day spent in remembrance of a friends smile, a sisters humor or a son’s laughter, could never be happy to those of us who made it through the war. The death toll climbs and the numbers are shocking when you how many American lives were lost to defending the country or even the states rights. Thank you for publishing this, and informing those who may have forgot or just not known, what this day is supposed to be about.