Flanders Fields ~ Shared by Lee R. Christensen

The reason poppies have become associated with Armistice Day and with this poem in particular is because red poppies began to bloom like crazy in the field in Flanders where men had fallen and been buried–where they hadn’t bloomed like this before.

                 
     Kathy:   

 And yes, we have a Mt. Pleasanter
buried there,
Charles Rutishauser,
KIA  June 1944.
And by  comparison, a  trivia note,
three versions of the poem,
page 152, my  book
 lee

Charles Rutishauser

ID: 39835671 

Entered the Service From: Utah 

Rank: Technical Sergeant 

Service: U.S. Army Air Forces, 526th Bomber Squadron, 379th Bomber

Group, Heavy 

Died: Sunday, June 18, 1944 

Buried at: Ardennes American Cemetery 

Location: Neupre (Neuville-en-Condroz), Belgium 

Plot: D Row: 16 Grave: 4 

Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart