Happy Veterans Day

[39mto39g]

No not that VD james.
Veterans Day.
Hears to us and those like us..........

Ron

[Andy]

To those who carried a Brown Bess,
To those who wore Blue or Gray,
To those who wore Tan or Green,
To all of you,
Hats off, lest we forget.

Stay healthy,
Andy

[Arrow]

he was...

[Keith_Hixson]

Just got back from marching (walking) in the Veterans Day Parade. As a vet from the Vietnam era it was good to hear the Thank yous and the applause. Something we never got when we got out in the 60's and 70's.

I Salute you all. Thank you!

Keith


P.S. James it is good to see ya posting.
Always remember.
I still love ya - James.

[ArtySgt]

Happy Veterans day, may peace be upon you.

[bbeil]

Here is to every guy or gal - that knows how to use a mosquito net with a air mattress and sleeping bag, can open any c-rations with a P38, quit wearing a poncho after a while, took all the cigarettes out of the rations and caught hell from the rest of the squad, could sleep on the hood of deuce and a half(moving), cooled some beer with a co2 fire extiguisher that was needed later to put out a fire. Would drink anything that would run down hill and give you a buzz, thought he was a foriegn language expert untill you got lost and needed one, new the difference between R&R and I&I. Told every new boot they were his replacement. Griped about food, water, ammo, rotation formula, and payday.
I left out a lot, but you get the drift, this person was you and me and all of our brothers that would lay down their life , or did.

[colmurph]

Veterans day is never a happy day for me. I remember too many young lives that were cut short.. Too many times I see happy young couples with children and think of the men I knew who never got a chance to have a wife or kids. Now that I'm getting old and long in the tooth, I remember the friends I once had. In my memory they are always young, and sorely missed.

[janecallanan]

Hard for me too. Hard to see the world celebrating, while I am feeling such loss. It is good to be here with you, and to know we are not alone.

[1CAVCCO15MED]

We got back from Seattle Saturday night at midnight. We got up early and went to my father-in-law's little Bretheren Church in the hills of Western North Carolina. After the service the children of the church got all the veterans and pinned a carnation on them and then we had a surprise dinner in the fellowship hall. They made the vets eat first and sit at a special table. After a tremendous meal, the kids got up and had a presentation to each vet. They read a little of the war record of each vet and gave us each a certificate. One chair was empty, in it was a bouquet of roses. It was for the ones that were killed in war. Some of the vets made small speeches but I didn't. I just kept looking at the roses. That is where the real heroes are. After it was over, all the kids came and hugged all the vets.

[sn-e3]

Fred I bet it was a beautiful service. I hope you thanked them for all of us. What a thoughtful way to celibrate Veterans Day.