Memorial Day 2021
Memorial Day is a Federal Holiday observed on the last Monday in May. Today we honor and mourn the military personnel who have died in the performance of their military duties. For the Commemorative Air Force Southern California Wing this is a special day as it aligns with our mission: To Educate, Inspire, and Honor Through Flight and Living History Experiences.
We are blessed with outstanding volunteers who help run the museum, keep the aircraft in tip-top condition, and execute on our mission. Today, we are happy to post a special edition of our members newsletter named Flight Line, thanks to Dave Flood and Casey de Bree.
Flight Line 
Special Edition
Memorial Day,
May 31, 2021
Lest We Forget
Omaha Beach, Normandy, France
June 6, 1944
Lest We Forget
United States Cemetery, Lorraine, France
“In Flanders Fields”
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow,
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place.
And in the sky,
The larks, still bravely singing, fly,
Scarce heard among the guns below.
We are the dead,
Short days ago we lived,
Felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved,
And now…we lie in Flanders Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe!
To you, with failing hands,
We throw the torch.
Be yours to hold it high!
If you break faith with us who die,
We shall not sleep,
Though poppies grow,
In Flanders Fields.
~John McCrae
Lest We Forget
Iwo Jima
February 23, 1945
Lest We Forget
Burial at sea, USS Liscome Bay, 1943
Lest We Forget
Raid on Ploesti, Romania Oil Refineries, August 1, 1943
Lest We Forget
MASH Unit, Korean War – 1st Marine Division
Lest We Forget
HU-1D Helicopter, Strike Force – Vietnam
Lest We Forget
American Troops Clearing Area
Warnak Province, Afghanistan
“For The Fallen”
“They went with songs to the battle,
They were young.
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady
and aglow.
They were staunch to the end,
Against odds uncounted;
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall grow not old, as we
That are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor
the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun,
And in the morning
We will remember them.”
~Laurence Binyon
Arlington National Cemetery, with the
Capitol in the distance.
Bob Burtness playing “Taps” for Bugles Across America at a veteran’s memorial service.
