[ [link removed] ]Deb Haaland for New Mexico[ [link removed] ]Deb Haaland for New Mexico



Every Memorial Day, I think about my dad. He was a career Marine — thirty
years in uniform — and one of the bravest people I’ve ever known. In
Vietnam, he saved the lives of six fellow Marines, earning the Silver
Star.

Although my family worried deeply about my dad while he was serving, in
the end, we were lucky. My dad returned home from Vietnam, while so many
others did not.

There are thousands of names etched into the Vietnam Veterans Memorial of
service members who never returned. Each leaving a family who loved them,
a community with an empty space. And there are even more whose stories
live on only in the memories of those who loved them and those who fought
beside them.

So today, I’m thinking of every service member who never made it home, and
of every family who loved them.

However you choose to observe Memorial Day, I hope we all take a moment
for reflection and show gratitude for those who sacrificed everything for
our democracy and honor their legacy by committing to our democracy as
well.

— Deb






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