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ARMISTICE DAY
November 11, 2005
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 amid the guns below
88 Years and 8 days ago, Merle Hay died in the first U.S. action in World War I. The Glidden, Iowa farm boy, pictured here, died in a night attack in near Artois, France -- possibly the first of 116,516 Americans to die in that war. Worldwide, 8.6 million soldiers and 6.5 million civilians lost their lives before it ended 87 years ago today.
Only a very few veterans of that war survive, and the cataclysm of World War II overshadows its predecessor in our memories. It's easy to overlook how much change the first war wrought before it ended at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918. Next time you drive up Merle Hay Road, remember the sacrifices of Merle and millions of others.
Links: Veterans Day/Armistice Day page.
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Comments
I've known since I was a boy in Urbandale who Merle Hay is. What's sad is all those who drive that road who have no idea why it was named for Hay. There should be a sign or marker. Maybe there is and I'm just not aware of it.
Posted by: Brent | November 11, 2005 6:18 PM