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<blockquote data-quote="ShootnMathews" data-source="post: 2827538" data-attributes="member: 59915"><p>I've heard taps played many times and it has always choked me up. But when they played it at my dads funeral last year it struck so deep that I cried for a long time. We buried him next to his brother who valiantly died in combat defending his position alone with a medic after the rest of his platoon was killed to keep their position from being overrun. Support arrived just in time to see the enemy overwhelm them but they held the line long enough to keep the enemy from running over the base. I set a flag pole at the head of their graves that I maintain. I sure miss him. Dad was 1st Calvary. Not sure about his brother. Dads brother Cleatus received the Bronze Star and the Silver Star. Dad received nothing. He told me once that "Only dead soldiers got medals, the rest of us got a pat on the back for not dying. " [ATTACH=full]465733[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ShootnMathews, post: 2827538, member: 59915"] I’ve heard taps played many times and it has always choked me up. But when they played it at my dads funeral last year it struck so deep that I cried for a long time. We buried him next to his brother who valiantly died in combat defending his position alone with a medic after the rest of his platoon was killed to keep their position from being overrun. Support arrived just in time to see the enemy overwhelm them but they held the line long enough to keep the enemy from running over the base. I set a flag pole at the head of their graves that I maintain. I sure miss him. Dad was 1st Calvary. Not sure about his brother. Dads brother Cleatus received the Bronze Star and the Silver Star. Dad received nothing. He told me once that “Only dead soldiers got medals, the rest of us got a pat on the back for not dying. “ [ATTACH type="full" alt="EB83F1B5-F03F-43B8-9EBB-6E61176E7358.jpeg"]465733[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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