Veterans Day 11NOV13

[August West]

 

[Lesmore]

In Canada we call it Remembrance Day, same idea though to remember those who fought and in many cases died for our democratic freedoms.

My family will be going to a Remembrance Day ceremony on November 11th. We have a family member currently serving in the Canadian Military and have had a number of family members serving, both in WW 1 from 1914-1918 and in WW 11 (1939-45).... in the Canadian and British military forces.

 

[The Count of Merkur Cristo]

Words can never convey enough, but "Thank You for Your Service" to all our of men and women in uniform who have served and those
serving today!!!
Have a Happy Veterans Day...Hooah!!!

“The highest tribute one can bestow is not how we honor them, but how we remember them”. CBJ

 

[shavervinnie]

I was honored to serve. It was a family tradition. To all veterans here and everywhere who served and are serving now, Thank You!

 

[packtray]

To all of my friends in harm's way, and those lucky enough to be at home with family, thank you!

 

[Mr5x5]

On behalf of my family and I to all who have served or are serving, Thank You for your Service!

 

[BubblesTGB]

Thank you to all that serve and have served!

 

[HerrWalters]

To my fellow veterans, I hope you have a good Veterans Day! God bless!

 

[mretzloff]

Thank you to everyone who has served and serves now!

 

[Jasman]

Father Denis Edward O'Brien, USMC:

What is a Veteran?​

Some veterans bear visible signs of their service: a missing limb, a jagged scar, a certain look in the eye. Others may carry the evidence inside them: a pin holding a bone together, a piece of shrapnel in the leg - or perhaps another sort of inner steel: the soul's ally forged in the refinery of adversity. Except in parades, however, the men and women who have kept America safe wear no badge or emblem. You can't tell a vet just by looking. He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi Arabia sweating two gallons a day making sure the armored personnel carriers didn't run out of fuel. He is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks, whose overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred times in the cosmic scales by four hours of exquisite bravery near the 38th parallel. She - or he - is the nurse who fought against futility and went to sleep sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang. He is the POW who went away one person and came back another - or didn't come back AT ALL. He is the Quantico drill instructor who has never seen combat - but has saved countless lives by turning slouchy, no-account rednecks and gang members into Marines, and teaching them to watch each other's backs. He is the parade - riding Legionnaire who pins on his ribbons and medals with a prosthetic hand. He is the career quartermaster who watches the ribbons and medals pass him by. He is the three anonymous heroes in The Tomb Of The Unknowns, whose presence at the Arlington National Cemetery must forever preserve the memory of all the anonymous heroes whose valor dies unrecognized with them on the battlefield or in the ocean's sunless deep. He is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket - palsied now and aggravatingly slow - who helped liberate a Nazi death camp and who wishes all day long that his wife were still alive to hold him when the nightmares come. He is an ordinary and yet an extraordinary human being - a person who offered some of his life's most vital years in the service of his country, and who sacrificed his ambitions so others would not have to sacrifice theirs. He is a soldier and a savior and a sword against the darkness, and he is nothing more than the finest, greatest testimony on behalf of the finest, greatest nation ever known. So remember, each time you see someone who has served our country, just lean over and say Thank You. That's all most people need, and in most cases it will mean more than any medals they could have been awarded or were awarded. Two little words that mean a lot, "THANK YOU". "It is the soldier, not the reporter, Who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, Who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, Who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, Who salutes the flag, Who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protestor to burn the flag."

Thank you, those who have served.

 

[gonzo4str8rzrs]

I served between 1986 and 1992 on the USS Tecumseh SSBN 628 Gold Crew. It was a nuclear powered nuclear missile sub. I was honored to serve. It was a family tradition. To all veterans here and everywhere who served and are serving now, Thank You!

 

[Wetfred]

Thank you to all our Vets. More needs to be done for our veterans returning home that need our help.

 

[Lakebound]

I served between 1986 and 1992 on the USS Tecumseh SSBN 628 Gold Crew. It was a nuclear powered nuclear missile sub. I was honored to serve. It was a family tradition. To all veterans here and everywhere who served and are serving now, Thank You!

Thank you for your service in the "Silent Service". More than likely, I worked aboard your Ship/Boat if you visited Site One in Holy Loch Scotland. I seem to remember the Tecumseh being tied up to my ship the USS Simon Lake (AS-33) at least once or maybe twice while I served aboard her repairing submarines.

Enjoy the day, thank you for patrolling the deep and keeping the deterrent a real threat.

Frank

 

[that_guy]

It was an honor to serve. To all the vets- enjoy the day. To everyone else- enjoy the freedom.

 

[russhatch]

To all my brothers in arms, I remember and am grateful to each and everyone of you. My family, like many other, have a long tradition of service - I am a two service vet, my brother is a vet, my father is a vet, my grand father is a vet and so on and so forth I have a grandfather whose name is on the war dead memorial at the court house, I have copies of muster papers from the Revolutionary War for a grand father. This willingness to serve is what truly makes America great (no offense to our allies intended).

God Bless the warriors and God Bless the United States.

 

[dieselfuel79]

Thank you to our men and women that fought to keep us safe, and for those who continue to fight to protect all of us.

 

[Toothpick]

Thank you Veterans past and future for your service!

 

[Treynman]

IN FLANDERS FIELDS POEM The World’s Most Famous WAR MEMORIAL POEM By Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place: and in the sky The larks still bravely singing fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead: Short days ago, We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved: and now we lie In Flanders fields! Take up our quarrel with the foe To you, from failing hands, we throw The torch: be yours to hold it high If ye break faith with us who die, We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields Composed at the battlefront on May 3, 1915 during the second battle of Ypres, Belgium

 

[the_edski]

Thank you to all veterans for allowing us to have the freedom to pursue all the gentlemanly hobbies discussed here!

 

[Aimless1]

Thank you to all who serve and have served. I appreciate your sacrifice.