Today is Veterans

[LustfulOne50]

Today is the day to show respect to those served in the Military for there country...maybe find time to do something to make a soldier or sailor just a wee bit better even for a few minutes...they all add up..

 

[Wave_Rider]

Today is the day to show respect to those served in the Military for there country...maybe find time to do something to make a soldier or sailor just a wee bit better even for a few minutes...they all add up..

I rarely run into or see an active military individual in my daily life. That being said...........the one little thing I always do (over 10 times) is when I'm flying, if I see a man/woman in uniform in coach, I give up my seat in business to them................and sit wherever they were sitting.....its NOT much, but they have always enjoyed the gesture......

Pausing to thank those that make MY country a much safer place to work and play.....THANK - YOU

 

[janeyl]

It's called Armistice Day here with Remembrance Day on Sunday

My favourite piece of War Poetry is by Isaac Rosenberg

"None saw their spirit's shadow shake the grass
Nor stood aside for the unused life to pass
Out of the doomed nostrils and the doomed mouth,
When the swift iron burning bee
Drained the sweet honey of their youth."

Dead Mans Dump

 

[MrEd63]

We are forever in their debt

 

[Mrs.H]

I salute each and every one of you, thank you!!

 

[whalee]

I tip my hat to you all.

- Fellow Vet

 

[Sensualdreamer]

Often times for me, when I say "thank you for your service/having served" The truth is simply that a military member will never be able to grasp the depths of my gratitude...but then again I will never be able to grasp the depths of sacrifice from a military member's service.

Freedom it's something to be cherished, appreciated and remembered. Thank you to all who are serving/have served!!!

 

[tminu]

I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, "Mother, what was war?" ~Eve Merriam

 

[whalee]

I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, "Mother, what was war?" ~Eve Merriam

Wondeful

 

[whalee]

Often times for me, when I say "thank you for your service/having served" The truth is simply that a military member will never be able to grasp the depths of my gratitude...but then again I will never be able to grasp the depths of sacrifice from a military member's service.

Freedom it's something to be cherished, appreciated and remembered. Thank you to all who are serving/have served!!!

Amen.

 

[newbiebabe]

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I am very grateful to those who have served and are serving. Our freedoms were not won easily nor are they taken lightly.

 

[sunshinegirl05]

Often times for me, when I say "thank you for your service/having served" The truth is simply that a military member will never be able to grasp the depths of my gratitude...but then again I will never be able to grasp the depths of sacrifice from a military member's service.

Freedom it's something to be cherished, appreciated and remembered. Thank you to all who are serving/have served!!!

I agree with you 100%.


Thank you to all the Vets out there.

 

[thinking_theo]

I don't know how to express my gratitude to all that server their country on EITHER side...the devotion, dedication and pride in themselves and their country it extraordinary.

I thank those men and women AND their FAMILIES (never forget the families of the military) for their efforts in far off lands to help us and to help those countries that need it most.

Theo

 

[starrynightin64]

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Thank You to all our Veterans!

 

[mickyp123]

Thankyou to All Veterans



L'est we forget

 

[30bandits]

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Thank You to all our Veterans!

great addition starry. may God bless you all.

 

[85Ironman]

I failed to see this thread before starting one that's similar - Sorry Lustful!

If you're a vet - Thank You for your service.

 

[LustfulOne50]

I failed to see this thread before starting one that's similar - Sorry Lustful!

If you're a vet - Thank You for your service.

That ok..the more the better...this way everyday gets their voice on this day...it for those gave it all, those who came home broken and on the mend and and the forgotten those who came home and now Homeless.

Yes I am a real true Vet...1970 - 1990 Army,Ret Sergeant First Class (E7)

It was only two months ago I could finally faced the Black wall ..I have five close friends name on the walls...it was hard to say the good-bye...I miss those hard working party animals...Not all are on the Black wall...I had a high school pal who die whose plane crashed in the ocean after being stuck by fire.

 

[LustfulOne50]

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Thank You to all our Veterans!

You my love ...are the hardest working ladies I know that volunteers for the all the time ......as a Vet my hat is off to you for your work.

 

[85Ironman]

That ok..the more the better...this way everyday gets their voice on this day...it for those gave it all, those who came home broken and on the mend and and the forgotten those who came home and now Homeless.

Yes I am a real true Vet...1970 - 1990 Army,Ret Sergeant First Class (E7)

It was only two months ago I could finally faced the Black wall ..I have five close friends name on the walls...it was hard to say the good-bye...I miss those hard working party animals...Not all are on the Black wall...I had a high school pal who die whose plane crashed in the ocean after being stuck by fire.

Thank you, Sergeant. For your service and for your experience. Guys like you made it a lot easier for those of us in the next generation.

 

[LustfulOne50]

Lest we forget there is a third war...Korean ...it may have 60 years since it's start...but has never ended,...only at a halt...having been on the DMZ we play a deadly cat and mouse game nightly there...

 

[starrynightin64]

great addition starry. may God bless you all.

You're Quite Welcome! I spend a lot of time working with Chaplains and being Native American I tend to be on the side of Spirit.

I failed to see this thread before starting one that's similar - Sorry Lustful!
If you're a vet - Thank You for your service.

The more Thank You we get out, there the more who with hear them & receive them!! Stop by the Military Thread some time as well. We love to have visits from all the branches, vets or active, family or friend.

That ok..the more the better...this way everyday gets their voice on this day...it for those gave it all, those who came home broken and on the mend and and the forgotten those who came home and now Homeless.

Yes I am a real true Vet...1970 - 1990 Army,Ret Sergeant First Class (E7)

It was only two months ago I could finally faced the Black wall ..I have five close friends name on the walls...it was hard to say the good-bye...I miss those hard working party animals...Not all are on the Black wall...I had a high school pal who die whose plane crashed in the ocean after being stuck by fire.

I've only seen the mobil wall when it comes here. It too carries the spirits along with the names but there are always items left to remember the good times that balance out the sorrow it brings. May they never be forgotten!

You my love ...are the hardest working ladies I know that volunteers for the all the time ......as a Vet my hat is off to you for your work.

Honey I'm only doing my part. I couldn't do what you all can or have. (Shoot I dont' even know how to start a thread... ) But I can sure line up TV interviews, set up events & kick some "Jackwagon" who gets in the way of anything good for my Mils!!!

 

[alisonwunderlnd]

Thank you to every veteran both with us and those no longer

 

[mark197205]

In Flanders Fields

by John McCrae, May 1915

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.

 

[LustfulOne50]

Hey Starry ..somebody elected alot of Jackwagons and I know it was me...but their is to step back on the care and moneys for vets...the time is not to back step but move forward for our injured military personnel.

Oh OH I forgot...don't forget the Coasties and the Merchant Marines this day to.