Well, it's Veterans Day coming up, not Memorial Day, nonetheless I found the following article interesting and relevant. Click through the pictures to see veterans' comments on their service. http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/08/us/veterans-one-thing-irpt/ Veterans Day was originally Armistice Day, commemorating the cessation of hostilities of World War 1, which took place at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 1918, and hence why Veterans day is on Nov 11th. Fighting continued right up to the last minute. Thousands were killed or wounded on that morning. American Private Henry Gunter was killed at 10:59am, age 23.