This weeks challenge was boots or shoes. The photos I chose are empty boots..soldiers empty boots.
These were at The Vietnam Traveling Wall Memorial a year ago from my archives.
I took this photo a few weeks ago at a local Vietnam Memorial Ceremony.
This is the “battlefield cross” a fallen soldiers helmet, rifle, boots and bayonet which are no longer of use to him. This is what replaced the flag covered caskets that we used to see on the nightly news. Don’t kid yourself, the flag draped caskets are still coming back..we are just not permitted to see them:(
such a solemn ceremony. Do they do this every year.
ReplyDeleteNice photos.
ReplyDeleteYours are so special....thanks for posting them.
ReplyDeleteSo touching - These photos help to remind me that life is so precious - these fallen soldiers gave their all!
ReplyDeleteGod bless all soldiers. I was wondering if anyone was going to do "empty boots".
ReplyDeleteVery heartfelt. Great job. :)
ReplyDeletenice job, always good to remember them fallen soldiers.
ReplyDeleteEmotional post....solemn photos.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
~Lisa
Good choice.
ReplyDeleteSeeing those boots like that can tear me up in a second. Whether in an annual ceremony or a recent one in Iraq or Afghanistan, they are an unmatched tribute to those who keep us free.
ReplyDeleteYour boots are special....very!
ReplyDelete"Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.."
ReplyDeleteSimply supplements
that's a special post. I didn't know we couldn't see the caskets draped with the American flag. My goodness, why not?
ReplyDeleteBrenda, Since 1991, the Pentagon has banned the media from taking pictures of caskets being returned to the United States.
ReplyDeleteThere has been some talk of allowing the photos again IF the soldiers family agrees.
Personally, I see it as a way to diminish the death toll:(