Sarah Palin recently noted that there’s “something different” about CNN’s Jake Tapper. Tapper, author of “The Outpost,” continued to distinguish himself from the media mainstream by kicking off the holiday weekend early with the #MemorialMessage hashtag. Tapper retweeted dozens of remembrances Friday evening and invited followers to carry on throughout the weekend, but not before sharing the names of some of his heroes.
This Memorial Day weekend i'll be thinking about fallen heroes such as Lt. Col. Joe Fenty, Lt. Ben Keating, and Capt. Tom Bostick.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 24, 2013
RIP heroes of COP Keating: Kevin Thomson, Justin Gallegos, Chris Griffin, Michael Scusa, Vernon Martin, Stephan Mace, Josh Kirk, Josh Hardt.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 24, 2013
RIP this Memorial Day to Captain Robert Yllescas.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 24, 2013
Another fallen soldier I will be thinking about this weekend, PFC Chris Pfeifer http://t.co/xh05LVes9h
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 24, 2013
And Pfc. Brian Moquin, who was killed in a helicopter crash in 2006 http://t.co/ZORox87IlB
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 24, 2013
And SSG Ryan Fritsche https://t.co/e40YKCxScC
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 24, 2013
And SGT Buddy Hughie http://t.co/bCcf7eWmeR
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 24, 2013
https://twitter.com/brucearmstrong1/status/338055344074928128
Thank you to my late grandfathers John A Petersen, Harry Gabbard #wwiiVets #memorialmessage @jaketapper
— Greg Petersen (@PeteyTheRef) May 24, 2013
https://twitter.com/JBordeaux/status/338059892533391361
@jaketapper Thank you to my late grandfather A Yoder gassed in France in #WWI died in 1963. #memorialmessage
— Melody Meyer (@missjane_va) May 24, 2013
@jaketapper My Uncle, Maj. Kenneth P. Tanner. Killed In Vietnam in last major battle, Operation Ripcord. Left 4 children behind.
— ML (@just_mindy) May 24, 2013
@jaketapper my bro 1stLT Travis Manion USMC and his best friend SEAL Brendan Looney. Buried next to each other in Arlington. @TMFoundation
— ryan manion (@rmanion) May 24, 2013
@jaketapper CW4 Phil Garvey died flying a rescue mission that wasn't supposed to be his.He volunteered so pilots w young kids didn't have to
— Chi-Coms Responsible for Virus Jack (@jackbrazen) May 24, 2013
@jaketapper CW2 Chris Thibodeau, son of a childhood friend. Afghanistan, May 26, 2011 flying the chopper he loved. Never met his son Liam.
— Kerri (Houston) Toloczko (@KerriHT) May 24, 2013
@jaketapper my grandpa (USMC) lost his leg in WW2 & met my grandma (Navy Nurse) in the hospital, they'd been married 64 years when he passed
— Aaron (@aaronfromATX) May 24, 2013
https://twitter.com/Sarahtonin0/status/338067663509135361
#MemorialMessage thankful 4th BCT 82nd Airborne is home. We sleep safely in our beds due to men and women ready to stand and defend us
— Carrie (@CarrieDFW) May 24, 2013
There are far too many tweets to compile here, but it’s well worth following (and contributing to) #MemorialMessage this weekend.
Signing off now tweeps… Use #MemorialMessage if you tweet more remembrances so we can all follow by clicking on the hashtag… God bless
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 24, 2013
Join the conversation as a VIP Member