Remember Them 2017

I’m inviting veterans to send a one-sentence remembrance of a warrior buddy or friend who was killed in combat. The tribute will be used as part of a Memorial Day project honoring those we’ve lost on the battlefield which will then be submitted to national publications. Below are the guidelines for your tributes:

* Submit a one-sentence tribute honoring the friend you lost in combat.

* Use only their first name or nickname.

* Send your remembrance to: [email protected]  by March 7, 2017.

* Tributes will be used in longer essays and may also be used for YouTube scroll of remembrance and/or Facebook page remembrance (also entitled “Remember Them 2017”) – you will be notified of these projects.

* Your tribute will remain anonymous. Think of this as an opportunity to say what you wish about your friend – give us a sense of who they were or what made the friendship so important or the thing you will always remember about them and/or how much they meant to you. Your sentence could be humorous or poignant, deeply heartfelt or raucous . . . whatever speaks to the bond you had.
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* Your submission may be edited slightly for grammar or readability, but I’ll strive to preserve the aim of the tribute.
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Thank you so much,
Elizabeth Heaney
Author, The Honor Was Mine: A Look Inside the Struggles of Military Veterans.
www.elizabethheaney.com                             FB: Elizabeth Heaney, Author
 
 EXAMPLES:

• Ruger, you always had my back - I live to make you proud, brother.
• I never got to do that burrito run with you, Sam, but I think of you every day, every day, every day.
• Today I remember my warrior brother, Dot, who was killed February 5, 1969 when his plane crashed into a mountain over Laos, know you are not forgotten.

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