It is Memorial Day in the United States. This post and this day, in memory of:

Sgt. Nathan Bracken, 133rd Pennsylvania Volunteers Regiment. Killed in action December 13, 1862, Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Lt. John W. K. Ranck, 10th Mountain Division, 5th U.S. Army. Killed in action April 30, 1945, near Nago, Italy.