MEMERIOL DAY

[charlie cleveland]

HOPE every one thats serving our country at present has a good holiday...also hope those who served and are setting at home like me will remember thes folks still in uniform...last but not least let us not forget our comrades who fell in the line of duty and never made it home.... have a safe holiday everbody we will not forget our friends... charlie

[Thomas L. Benson Sr.]

RIGHT ON CHARLIE

[william faulk]

Thanks Charlie..
We must not forget all the men and women that have given their all to keep this country free.With all of our problems today ,it is the best country on this earth ! We must protect our ideas and freedoms from those internal and foreign that would have us
change our way of life.
God Bless America !

[Paul Plager]

God Bless all servicemen, past and present.:clap:
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND ARE WHAT YOU ARE DOING
:clap::clap::cheers::clap:

[Brian Stucker]

We host special hunts and bass fishing events on the different ranches every year. There have been dove and turkey hunts for wheelchair bound kids and adults which were all successful.

Last year, however, we honored a WWII veteran with his last deer hunt. He was just not up to hunting the public areas and hated to waste an hunt or two without success. It is tough for him due to health concerns, but our ranch comprises rolling hills and with plenty of flats interspersed for easier walking.

I'm happy to say he was successful and got a nice buck on his first trip. Generally, the guides tell me they see at least 50-75 animals during an outing, with 10-15 good bucks. On this day he saw only 10-15 deer. It wasn't until after lunch when he finally saw and took his buck; he was delighted after seeing so few deer that day.

It was a pleasure to have this man and his family out for his last deer hunt. What a great guy with terrific war stories! No wonder we won that one

He can now enjoy his trophy and relive the event at home with his family. He was accompanied by his son and grandsons.

Happy Memorial Day to all.

[Dean Romig]

Thanks for what you do Brian!

[charlie cleveland]

great story BRIAN..im sure that hunt will live on for a long time in that family...we are fornunate to have people like you... charlie

[Larry Mason]

Thank you Charlie. A few years ago the college boys next door to my beach home came down and were fixing to party it up. Then they told me that about eleven or twelve buddies were on their way down too. I asked them to take a short drive with me.
I took them to my little cousin's grave who was killed in Mosul on 21 December 2004.
Thank goodness they have never forgotten it.

[charlie cleveland]

larry thanks for this storey...i get kindaemotional when i hear storeys like this....them boys will never forget YOUR COUSINS SACRIFICE as long as they live...i hope everyone goes to the gravesides tomorrow and remember the fallen... charlie

[Brian Stucker]

Jess Turner's last deer hunt before hanging up the rifle. Pictured with his grandson (orange cap) and guides Tom Dermody and son Matt. Jess insisted in walking the hunt and if you look closely, you can see the walking cane by his leg...tough as nails.

[Mike Wilkerson]

I've been home watching a series of films on WW11 and am taping some about Vietnam. A big thanks also to the Korean vets. I was lucky enough to serve with some of them in the early 70s.

[John Dallas]

Anyone who would like to read a biography of a WW II hero, Louie Zamparini, read "Unbroken". The prison camp brutality in the Pacific was unbelievable. The book is an absolute page-turner