The Bookworm Beat 5-25-15 — the illustrated Memorial Day edition and open thread

Endless thanks to Caped Crusader for sending me this collection of poignant and pointed cartoons reminding us of the vast debt we owe to those who gave everything for a remarkably ungrateful nation:

(Regarding the above cartoon, I have to add here that I blame the Democrat party for squandering American lives by taking winnable wars and turning them into defeats.)