Military Monday ~ A Grateful Nation Remembers

The history and meaning of Veterans Day...

A grateful nation honors the past and current service of the United States Military.  

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On this Veterans Day, Roots From the Bayou honors and remembers the service of the following Catahoula Parish soldiers who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the Vietnam War.

War drew us from our homeland

in the sunlit springtime of our youth

Those who did not come back alive remain

in perpetual springtime, forever young

And a part of them is with us always

~Author Unknown

LCPL Jerry Roy Long, Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
1946-1967

PFC Budrow Bass, Jr., Jonesville, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
1947-1968

SFC Howard Lee Early, Jonesville, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
1932-1969

PFC Hubert Aaron Erwin, Jonesville, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
1947-1966

SP4 Dave Mayes, Jr., Jonesville, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
1940-1965

SGT James Hardy White, Jonesville, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
1947-1968

SSGT Jimmy Ronald Walton, Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
1943-1970

Photographs and remembrances can be found on the website, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.  Please consider donating to this fund.  From their website:

"The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is committed to keeping the stories and lives of the 58,286 men and women on The Wall--as well as all those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to country--alive for generations to come."