Now is Memorial Day, a day to remember all the daring defense personnel who sacrificed their lives to ensure that we can live in freedom.
Julia Ward Howe wrote,” As Christ died to render people divine, let us die to make people free,” in the great patriotic song” Battle-Hymn of the Republic.” And throughout the 250 years of our past, hundreds of thousands of Americans have in fact perished to completely people.  ,
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The last American to die in combat in the European theater of operations during [WWII ] on May 7, 1945, in the town of Volary, Czechoslovakia, was [Army ] private First Class Charles Havlat, according to Shares , This Date in History. Havlat was 35 years old when Nazi military ambushed him on a reconnaissance guard.
When several of the British soldiers were severely hurt, Havlat rushed to their support without even considering himself” and was immediately felled by a shooter’s bullet.” It was a horrible circumstance when German forces announced to Havlat’s patrol that they had agreed to a ceasefire only ten minutes after he passed away. However, his courage continues for several years after his passing. Amazingly,” Havlat died less than 20 miles from both his parents ‘ birthplaces,” according to legend. He made his way back to his relatives ‘ land as an United to conquer it.
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Charles Havlat, Miguel Keith, and Dan Bullock are the Memorial Day soldiers. twitter.com/SeIRkqa91L— Catherine Salgado (@CatSalgado32 ) May 26, 2025
War History Online shares the story of Lance Corporal Miguel Keith, a machine gunner in Vietnam in 1970. His platoon came under heavy enemy firer. Keith was wounded, but refused to be evacuated, instead running across terrain under fire to check on the security of U.S. positions. He also continued to rain accurate fire from his machine gun down on the enemy.
Keith observed a group of enemy troops marching toward the command post of his platoon. Without giving a damn about his own protection, he hurried ahead and jumped through a hail of gunfire. He saved important day for his fellow Marines by taking down three of the enemy soldiers and forcing the others to flee.
However, a bomb detonated close to Keith. He moved toward 25 army soldiers, killing four of them and scattering the another, despite his injuries, and continued to refuse to prevent fighting. However, he was also struck by the enemy, and his last blow was dangerous. You won’t be surprised to learn that he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor after like courage.
Dan Bullock fought and perished in the Vietnam War, just like Keith. According to This Date in History, Bullock had “always wanted to be a Sea.” He altered his birth certificate to join the Marines at the age of 14 because he was so eager to join the Corps. He survived boot camp, was in Vietnam for less than a fortnight, and was killed in action while he volunteered for a daytime police. Bullock was the youngest American victim of the Vietnam War at just 15 years older.
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Over the past 250 years, American of all ages and backgrounds have sacrificed their lives to allow us to live in flexibility. The world, especially the United States of America, you not forget what they did for us, according to Abraham Lincoln.
