#Veterans Day. My pix of #heroes we honor!

Panoramic view of our honored dead
in Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Fere-en-Tardenois, France.

    Over the past few years, my husband and I have gone to many American cemeteries abroad. Just recently while in Paris, we visited the Suresnes American Cemetery on Mont-Valerien. Reachable on the Metro, this lovely cemetery overlooking the city and the Eiffel Tower is a peaceful panorama where our Doughboys, nurses, YMCA, Salvation Army and others lie in repose.
 
    Of them:

• 1,543 lie beneath Latin crosses
• 22 lie beneath Stars of David
• Missing in Action number 974
• "Those Known Only to God", our unknown soldiers, number 6 from WWI and 24 from WWII.

    The following pictures of those lying in repose are not from Suresnes, but from other cemeteries holding the remains of our forces of WWI in France.  (I'll post those soon.)

    Here are a few from other cemeteries in France, all who fought and died during the war that was supposed to be "the war to end all wars." Please note the diversity of religions, gender and ethnic origin. Even in 1917-1918, we were a diverse country in which people from all walks of life lived, trained, fought and died together.

   May we continue to learn how to live together peacefully among ourselves, especially now in a period wherein vilification of The Other is rife in our nation.

Esther Amundson, Army Nurse Corps,
WWI, Base Hospital 35, Minnesota

George C. Mondzecki, PVT.,
102 INF., 26 Division, Connecticut.

Howard Coller, PVT.,
Ambulance Company, 2nd Division, New York.

Raymond T. Reichard, PVT.,
39 INF, 4 Division, Pennsylvania.

FB Party w Desiree Holt and Cerise DeLand celebrating HEROES Nov. 11 #SWAG #fun 11 a.m. EST

   We're celebrating HEROES November 11 on FB! Join Desiree Holt and me as we talk what makes a hero.
 
   Male and female heroes are on tap for discussion.  Bring yourselves, your criteria for heroism and your laughter gauge as we gear up with lots of SWAG to reward you with, too!
 
   On tap for me are the 4 brothers in my STANHOPE CHALLENGE box set, newly expanded and newly released at a very special introductory price of 99 cents!
 
   Contemporary heroes are on tap too!
 
With Navy SEALs as the stars of Des's and my SEALs GOING HOT series, we're happy to talk about our real life heroes who protect us every day. My BURNING FOR NERO, shown here with the 2 covers he sports (because Amazon thought my heroine was toooooo sexy and banned my novel), is one of the prizes on the party list, too! I've also got a giveaway of LADY VARNEY or RENDEZVOUS on offer to two other winners!
Do join us at 11 EST, 10 CENTRAL, 9 PACIFIC here November 11 and celebrate all our heroes: https://www.facebook.com/events/602104836561316/

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Do join us at 11 EST, 10 CENTRAL, 9 PACIFIC here November 11 and celebrate all our heroes: https://www.facebook.com/events/602104836561316/

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