Tonight We Save The World - Today We Save Ourselves
Literally finished this afternoon.
The centrepiece is the jumpwings of the 101st Airborne - the American paratroopers of WWII; the men who jumped into Normandy on D-Day, into Holland during Operation Market Garden, held the line at the Battle of the Bulge, freed Landsberg concentration camp and took Hitler's Eagle's Nest.
These men are my heroes - the last of a breed which is now almost extinct, so brave and humble that they don't even recognise the worth and heroism of their own actions. Every time one of these men passes on, the world becomes a little less honourable a place.
The scrolls around them contain lyrics from MANIAC (R.O.D.) by Four Year Strong. They're slightly paraphrased (the lower line should be 'Today we HAVE TO save ourselves', but I chose to change the line so it was more definite - today we WILL save ourselves, and that goes without question.
I personally believe that we all have a duty to inspire others and lead by example, and in order to do that, we first have to become the best people we can be and gain control of our own lives.
The men of the 101st Airborne inspired me to become the best person I can be, and I hope to honour them by passing on that attitude and inspiration to others, such as my friends and young cousins. All of my tattoos mean a lot to me, but this one means the most.
The centrepiece is the jumpwings of the 101st Airborne - the American paratroopers of WWII; the men who jumped into Normandy on D-Day, into Holland during Operation Market Garden, held the line at the Battle of the Bulge, freed Landsberg concentration camp and took Hitler's Eagle's Nest.
These men are my heroes - the last of a breed which is now almost extinct, so brave and humble that they don't even recognise the worth and heroism of their own actions. Every time one of these men passes on, the world becomes a little less honourable a place.
The scrolls around them contain lyrics from MANIAC (R.O.D.) by Four Year Strong. They're slightly paraphrased (the lower line should be 'Today we HAVE TO save ourselves', but I chose to change the line so it was more definite - today we WILL save ourselves, and that goes without question.
I personally believe that we all have a duty to inspire others and lead by example, and in order to do that, we first have to become the best people we can be and gain control of our own lives.
The men of the 101st Airborne inspired me to become the best person I can be, and I hope to honour them by passing on that attitude and inspiration to others, such as my friends and young cousins. All of my tattoos mean a lot to me, but this one means the most.
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