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1/3 This #MemorialDay we pledge to #GoSilent to honor our fallen heroes.
All through May, we will be raising awareness and recognition for our fallen heroes's great sacrifices and we invite you to do the same...⬇️
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All through May, we will be raising awareness and recognition for our fallen heroes's great sacrifices and we invite you to do the same...⬇️
iava.org/press_releases… #IAVA
2/3 We are asking you to take the pledge to #GoSilent from your regularly scheduled social content posting on May 31st and instead use your platforms to uplift the names, achievements, and lives of our fallen heroes. We want to hear and commemorate your stories...⬇️ 
3/3 Also on #MemorialDay, at 3:00pm Local Time, #IAVA will hold a minute of silence to remember the lives & legacies of our fallen servicemembers.
Will you join us in paying tribute to our heroes?
Join the movement, share your story, honor the fallen. iava.org/go-silent/#ple…
Will you join us in paying tribute to our heroes?
Join the movement, share your story, honor the fallen. iava.org/go-silent/#ple…
Today I #GoSilent for a man named Tom. I don't know his last name, rank, or very much else. He died in Vietnam. His story has always haunted me. The short version is this:
When my father went to Notre Dame, he, like all nerds in the '60s, thought he wanted to be an engineer. /1
When my father went to Notre Dame, he, like all nerds in the '60s, thought he wanted to be an engineer. /1
key flaw with this plan is my father is a genius, but a complete math moron. So the college of engineering was like abject torment for him.
He made fast friends with Tom, who had mistakenly enrolled in the college of engineering instead of the college of English (ENG error) /2
He made fast friends with Tom, who had mistakenly enrolled in the college of engineering instead of the college of English (ENG error) /2
So there they were, freshman year, failing math together, and knowing if they failed they got kicked out of school and sent to Vietnam. They also couldn't transfer out of the engineering program unless they had a marginally passing average. /3
