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  "description": "The Pook-Emu Bee links return today for Memorial Day, a day for remembering those Americans who gave their lives in battle. I put together some suitable links for the occasion to lead off today's Pook-Emu Bee. You can also see some of my own Memorial Day articles in Saturday's Newsletter Leaf Journal. 1. Every American...",
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    "catholocism",
    "flowers",
    "korean war",
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    "poems",
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  "textContent": "The Pook-Emu Bee links return today for Memorial Day, a day for remembering those Americans who gave their lives in battle. I put together some suitable links for the occasion to lead off today’s Pook-Emu Bee. You can also see some of my own Memorial Day articles in Saturday’s Newsletter Leaf Journal. 1. Every American Needs to Know What Happens at 3 p.m. on Memorial Day (Brandon Wile for Military.com. May 21, 2026.) At 3 p.m. local time on Memorial Day, pause for one minute of silence wherever you are — at home, at a barbecue, on the road. 2. Memorial Day Poppy Started With 25 Flowers and Raised $3 Billion for Veterans (Allen Frazier for Military.com. May 23, 2026.) Moina Belle Michael, a Georgia schoolteacher, read a wartime poem two days before the end of World War I and launched a campaign that turned the red poppy into an enduring symbol of sacrifice. Her effort eventually reached more than 50 countries and raised billions of dollars for disabled veterans and their families. 3. Memorial Day 2026 (Dennis A. Monk at The Wandering Lensman. May 25, 2026.) It is that day of the year that we give conscious thought to the many, many men and women who died so we are and remain free. Freedom cannot be overvalued. Too many have died. Too many sacrifices have been made. Our freedom is that precious. I am thankful not just today, but every day. 4. 17-year-old sailor killed in 1941 Pearl Harbor attack to be buried with honors (Wyatt Olson for Stars and Stripes. May 21, 2026.) A U.S. Navy sailor who died at age 17 aboard the battleship USS West Virginia during the 1941 Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor will be buried May 30 in his Arkansas hometown. 5. Irish-American Marine Veteran Who Dove on Grenade in Vietnam Remembered (Nick Mordowaner for Military.com. May 23, 2026.) Cpl. Patrick “Bob” Gallagher immigrated to the United States from Ireland in the 1960s, enlisting in the U.S. Marine Corps and was honored with the Navy Cross as a hero who saved American soldiers during the Vietnam War before he was killed in action. 6. Remembering a Fallen Hero on Memorial Day (James M. Lindsay for Council on Foreign Relations. May 22, 2026.) Jiménez joined the Marine Corps Reserve immediately out of high school. In August 1968, he was discharged from the reserve so he could enlist in the active-duty Marines. Pilar later recalled: ‘He wanted to show his appreciation to the United States for how well they treated my mom and him and me, just by letting us come over here and live. He felt grateful.’ 7. He died in a Korean War prison camp. Now Emil Kapaun could become the US military’s first saint. (Lara Korte for Stars and Stripes. May 22, 2026.) ‘He was willing to give his whole life to what he was doing, without having that fear of anything,’ Ray Kapaun said. ‘He knew that was his mission in life.’ 8. Remembering Second Lieutenant Carleton Burr for Memorial Day (Nicholas A. Ferrell at The New Leaf Journal. May 25, 2020.) After a brief hospitalization, Mr. Burr participated in the Bastille Day parade in Paris on July 14, 1918. He rejoined his command on July 18, 1918, as the Foch offensive began. As his sister’s account was reported in the memoirs, Mr. Burr fell on the battlefield at 9:30 A.M. on July 19, one day after returning to action, when ‘[a] piece of shrapnel on which Fate had inscribed his name pierced his side, and his earthly career came to a swift and peaceful end.’ The passage continued: ‘In the land he loved next to his own he will always lie, content that he gave his all to a cause that was so near to his heart. On that day the bells throughout America were joyfully ringing to proclaim the turn of the German tide.’ 9. Memorial Flowers – 1880 Memorial Day Poem (Nicholas A. Ferrell at The New Leaf Journal. May 25, 2022.) Wherein I reprint a poem that appeared in Harper’s Young People.",
  "title": "Pook-Emu Bee: Links For Memorial Day (2026)",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-25T17:32:51.000Z"
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