This is what a memorial is: standing still, staring at something that isn’t ther
It was neat to see a plaque on the 18th fairway, and go up there and kind of look at the green and just remembering the moment.
In my seaside town, there is a plethora of benches, each one bearing a little brass plate commemorating a deceased occupant. You sit with ghosts.
While researching the book, I used the Freedom of Information Act to request what the military calls Individual Deceased Personnel Files for all the Gremlin Special's passengers and crew.
Our loss was very heavy, especially in the officers. Capt. Sale, of Co. E, Duke's regt, was among the killed, making the third Capt. that has been killed in that company.
No one should be posing for duck-lipped selfies with the plaque of the dead. That wouldn't be right.
A remembrance can mean nothing to the one remembered; it can only remind the ones left behind how little they did while you were still alive.
