The Memorial Day holiday in the US is an opportunity to remember and honor all those who have served and sacrificed in the armed forces.
I thought we could take this holiday to tie into the many war comics that DC has produced over the years. They have ranged from realistic (Sgt Rock) to super-heroes (Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters) to the supernatural (Haunted Tank, G.I. Zombie).
Below is a partial list with some links to reference series here on DCUI.
If you’d like to stick to standard super-hero art, I would recommend checking out the Freedom Fighters. Their members include some familiar names like the Ray and Black Condor. There was even an animated series a few years back.
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FYI, I spent a a few years with the American Legion. I served one year as the 1st Vice Commander; Memorial Day is not Veteran’s Day. Memorial Day is in honor of those who were killed in combat by enemy fire during a congressionally approved war. It’s still heavily debated but military members who died by Suicides, Victims of Terror, and Deaths by Accident and/or natural causes are not honored on this day. Neither are those 1st responders who died during 9/11. Veteran’s day and Patriot’s day are for that.
Re-checked, looks like there was a disconnect because as we should know, the Marines were, and still are, a part of the Navy (Aquaman and his Marines etc…) while the Air Force was originally part of the Army and known as the US Army Air Corps. When I served in the Marines, 97-01, fellow Marines told me GL was in the Marines. I was never into the DC outside of Firestorm and Flash. I was more into Marvel. But there is a lot of disconnects to histories and herstories that can get unconsciously put into the comics. I wonder if there is an “original” of the Hal Jordan here?
