The triangle shape denotes
The loss of one of our own
The stars on the blue background
Do not twinkle as those in the sky
The colors of our flag
Are represented by the lifeblood
Of our fallen comrades
Their honor is not diminished
The pain of their death
Remains in our souls
We stand together
As taps is played
The salute of rifles
Fired in honor
Punctuates our loss
As the folded flag is handed to the family
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Jack McCabe was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from high school in 1969 at the age of 17 and two days after he turned 18 he joined the Army. He was sent to Vietnam less than a year later in October of 1970. He extended for a second tour and finally came home for good at the end of May 1972. He finished his three-year enlistment at Fort Huachuca, Arizona and returned home to Chicago.
After his return from Vietnam, he pursued his education using the G.I. Bill, receiving an associate degree in electronics engineering from DeVry Institute. He eventually continued his education by attending night school and received his bachelor’s degree in business and management from Northeastern Illinois University in 1981, at the age of 30.
He owned his own business for 20 years and then sold real estate for 20 more before retiring to North Carolina, where he became a certified Peer Support Specialist with a veteran designation.
He has a deep passion for helping veterans doing volunteer work with the YMCA Resource Gateway in Gaston County, NC where he handles all the calls from those with past military service. He helped veterans with PTSD, financial crisis’s, substance abuse, homelessness, and veteran benefits. He received the North Carolina Governors Award for Volunteer Work.
Jack believes that the most important thing he can do is to give Vietnam and all veterans a voice. By sharing their stories veterans understand that they are not alone. There are many going through the same struggles as they are.
For non-veterans, he hopes they will understand the struggles veterans face when they return home from war.
He has since retired and is in the process of writing another book.
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Powerful….thank you for sharing with the world, Penny. Bless you.
Jack McCabe, thank you for sharing this important piece of history with the world…..YOUR stories. The ones who WERE THERE. These brave warriors who lived in an unforgiving hell that NO ONE will ever fully understand, unless you were there. PERIOD.
WAR….destroys the soldier, and the ones who love them. Vietnam has changed the path of 4 generations of my own family since 1970. You all kept your promise, why wont they?? The world needs to know the truth….we owe at least that much for your sacrifices for us. Veterans are the ONLY ones that can share the TRUTH. Not what we see on the news….but the things we dont. You ALL deserve so much better….every generation of Veteran’s deserve respect, and to be treated with dignity. I see you, I hear you….THANK YOU. YOU ARE MY TEACHERS….
~Respectfully, one of your Daughters.
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