I used to think we were all on the same page about "lest we forget" referring to the horror senselessness of war, but no.

I don't know how you can look at a sea of crosses, each representing a human life just as complicated and meaningful as yours, and think of anything but remorse and sorrow

Maybe some of them were brave, some of them weren't. Some were heros, plenty probably weren't. But they were all people, and they all died.