Happy Veterans Day
November 11th, 2010, 05:05 AM
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Happy Veterans Day
From one Veteran to all you other Veterans:
HAPPY VETERANS DAY
Thank you all for your service to our country and for preserving our freedom.
God Bless All of You.
HAPPY VETERANS DAY
Thank you all for your service to our country and for preserving our freedom.
God Bless All of You.
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November 11th, 2010, 05:44 AM
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Thanks Jamebro. I have been there and it was very emotional the first time. I went to high school with two guys whose names are on that wall. I was in the third grade with one of them. If anybody visits the wall, be sure and go back at night. It has a very different appearance and appears to be at rest and peaceful.
November 11th, 2010, 06:22 AM
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Thanks Jamebro. I have been there and it was very emotional the first time. I went to high school with two guys whose names are on that wall. I was in the third grade with one of them. If anybody visits the wall, be sure and go back at night. It has a very different appearance and appears to be at rest and peaceful.
http://www.virtualwall.org/
November 11th, 2010, 06:26 AM
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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.
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 **** 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 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 protester to burn the flag.
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 protester to burn the flag.
Father Denis Edward O'Brien USMC
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November 11th, 2010, 03:49 PM
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a special thanks to all the nam vet's out there! thanks for everything i wish things were as good for you as they were when i came home from iraq. the first people to greet me when we landed in the states were nam vet's and i'll never forget that thanks!
November 11th, 2010, 09:30 PM
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I believe Armed Forces Day is for current military still in uniform. Veterans Day is for those of us that used to be honored on Armed Forces Day. Memorial Day is for those that paid with the ultimate sacrifice.
November 11th, 2011, 01:15 PM
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Happy Veterans/Remembrance Day.
Lest We Forget
My father told me a story of how he had two poppies on (one on a sweater and another on his coat) and was confronted by an older guy at the ATM yesterday. He said... 'I see you are wearing two poppies'. Father replies... 'yeah'. Older guy replies... 'thank you'. I am assuming he was a vet.
I drive around a bit today, and only like 1% of the ppl are wearing poppies. Makes me sick to my stomach. Many of them looked like foreigners (go figure). It's a simple respect thing, politics aside. Too many ppl take every day things for granted and forget that 'freedom is not free'.
My grandfather was at Juno Beach. Took one in the shoulder, but eventually made it out. I have a nice German watch as a souvenir/reminder as well.
Lest We Forget
My father told me a story of how he had two poppies on (one on a sweater and another on his coat) and was confronted by an older guy at the ATM yesterday. He said... 'I see you are wearing two poppies'. Father replies... 'yeah'. Older guy replies... 'thank you'. I am assuming he was a vet.
I drive around a bit today, and only like 1% of the ppl are wearing poppies. Makes me sick to my stomach. Many of them looked like foreigners (go figure). It's a simple respect thing, politics aside. Too many ppl take every day things for granted and forget that 'freedom is not free'.
My grandfather was at Juno Beach. Took one in the shoulder, but eventually made it out. I have a nice German watch as a souvenir/reminder as well.
November 11th, 2011, 06:54 PM
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Thanks to all the Veterans who have served past and present, and to those who have given thanks, you're welcome. It was an honor to serve.
Attack Squadron VA-65 (The World Famous Fighting Tigers)- 1989-1992
Attack Squadron VA-65 (The World Famous Fighting Tigers)- 1989-1992
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November 11th, 2011, 07:06 PM
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@redoldsman - Nice F4! One of yours? Driver or Wrench?
November 11th, 2011, 07:51 PM
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free lunch
took most of the day off after hauling wood and went to Texas roadhouse for noon and then went to Applebees tonite, What A Country
should have taken one of the show cars, maybee next year
did golden corall last year and took the 53 chev that was different
my cars are all pictured on my profile on the HAMB under my name if anyone wants a look , total of 7 now the olds on here is not on my profile yet
got $10 off at fleet farm today
and10% at Lowes, rember to get your discounts
whod of ever thunk when we come home ,we would ever be appreciated for our Nam vacation
??
should have taken one of the show cars, maybee next year
did golden corall last year and took the 53 chev that was different
my cars are all pictured on my profile on the HAMB under my name if anyone wants a look , total of 7 now the olds on here is not on my profile yet
got $10 off at fleet farm today
and10% at Lowes, rember to get your discounts
whod of ever thunk when we come home ,we would ever be appreciated for our Nam vacation??
November 11th, 2011, 09:09 PM
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It is interesting to see this thread resurrected from a year ago. I hope it happens again next year. Thank you to all who offered their appreciation and thank you to all who have served and those currently serving.
chrisneu68olds that picture of the F4 was taken in DaNang in 1969-70. It was an E model that had the 20MM cannon in the nose. It was the newest thing the USAF had at the time. I was an avionics tech.
chrisneu68olds that picture of the F4 was taken in DaNang in 1969-70. It was an E model that had the 20MM cannon in the nose. It was the newest thing the USAF had at the time. I was an avionics tech.
November 11th, 2011, 09:26 PM
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Yes ... many thanks for protecting us and our country , you wont be forgotten ! my great grandpa was killed in WW2 .... he was shot and wounded , then airlifted to get medical attention , but along the way the plane was shot down and everyone aboard did not make it .... he has more medals then you can shake a stick at.
November 12th, 2011, 05:55 AM
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Dinner at Quantico
"Dinner at Quantico "
WHY IS IT THAT SOME UNDERSTAND WHAT MATTERS MOST ABOUT AMERICA ... AND THEY RESPECT IT SO DEEPLY
THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO MAKE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICES FOR IT,AND OTHERS HAVE NO CLUE WHATSOEVER...
This slide show consists of photos taken at a formal dinner at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico , VA.
It is a beautiful presentation of the honor, commitment and pride that today's heroes share with yesterday's.
If you know a Sailor or Marine or someone of any branch of the Military (of any age), make sure he or she sees this.
Wouldn't hurt if all other Americans saw it too.
<http://www.jensensutta.com/slideshows/RTB/>
WHY IS IT THAT SOME UNDERSTAND WHAT MATTERS MOST ABOUT AMERICA ... AND THEY RESPECT IT SO DEEPLY
THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO MAKE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICES FOR IT,AND OTHERS HAVE NO CLUE WHATSOEVER...
This slide show consists of photos taken at a formal dinner at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico , VA.
It is a beautiful presentation of the honor, commitment and pride that today's heroes share with yesterday's.
If you know a Sailor or Marine or someone of any branch of the Military (of any age), make sure he or she sees this.
Wouldn't hurt if all other Americans saw it too.
<http://www.jensensutta.com/slideshows/RTB/>
November 12th, 2011, 10:25 AM
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The A-6E Intruder is my plane when I was in the Navy during Desert Shield/Storm. No gun, but a huge carry capacity for ordinance. I was also an Avionics/Fire Control Tech. Not a pretty plane, but deadly and tough as nails.
November 12th, 2014, 08:22 PM
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I was in the 366 AMS Squadron at DaNang from August 1969 to August 1970. We had two squadrons of F4Es and one squadron of F4D's plus we supported everything else on base. The Phantom was an incredible airplane.
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