Friday, January 2, 2015

Hail and Farewell to Those We Lost in 2014-- Part 4

ARIEL SHARON--  Israeli war hero and leader.  Moved for better Palestinian relations.

MARIA VON TRAPP--  Last member of the family from the "Sound of Music."

CHESTER NEZ--  One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers.  One of those who probably shouldn't have helped the United States due to what the country had done to his people.

LOUIS ZAMPERINI--  An Olympian who survived a World War II plane crash, many days floating in the Pacific, capture and torture by Japanese and for whom the movie "Unbroken" was made.  After watching the Parade of Roses yesterday and finding out more about his story, I think a part 2 should be made.

JEREMIAH DENTON--  POW in North Vietnam who blinked the words "torture" when paraded before the cameras.

TOMAS YOUNG--  Soldier paralyzed in Iraq.

PETE SEEGER--  Singer and activist.  He is the reason I always get the name Seger.Seeger mixed up with when doing Bob Seger.

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