Veterans Day!

[Big Slick]

Thanks to all that have served their country so we can have our freedoms to do the things we hold so dear to our hearts. Thank your sons, fathers, brothers, uncles and in some cases our Moms and aunts. I know I have an Aunt that is still living that was part of our Rosie the Riveters! Again thanks to all that have served our great nation!

 

[Sytes]

Well said Big Slick!

Thank you to all who serve and have served.

 

[Gunner46]

A Thank You to all my Brothers that kept my sorry A$$ alive, and prayers for those families for those whom we didn't.

 

[Deleted member 16864]

Happy birthday Marines!

 

[noharleyyet]

Happy birthday Marines!

3 minutes well spent; http://www.godaddy.com/holiday/usmc/usmc-2010.aspx?ci=42462

 

[JohnCushman]

Thanks to all of you that give a shit about us Veterans. That's what makes what we've done worthwhile.

 

[tarheel]

A salute to all my fellow vets and a welcome home to those of us who didn't get one.

 

[jabber]

Thank You, both current & past.

 

[Goldtip]

A big Thank You to all who have served and all continuing to serve. I appreciate every day the freedoms you veterans have fought and served for.

 

[arffdog875]

Thanks to all the Vets, both current and those that have passed. When my father passed 3 years ago, I received 2 flags from the VFW, one that was on his coffin and one to fly. Every Veterans day, Fourth of July, that special flag flys in front of my home . Thanks again Vets!

 

[mhungerford]

Thanks to all the vets, thank you for everything you have done....

 

[fowladdict]

Well said Slick!!

As I've gotten older I have become more grateful for what our soldiers past and present mean to my country, my family and I. So thanks to all of you that have served and continue to serve.

 

[blue devil]

Thanks to all present servicemen and women for what they sacrifice to protect and serve this great country. And to all that have sacrificed their time and lives to protect our freedom.

 

[idnative1948]

Thank you to all of you and your families. My brother and I made sure that we put a flag on dad's grave as he was so... proud of his country. We miss him dearly as his passing was just this past July. He always flew his flags no matter where he was.

 

[tarheel]

Well; I just got back from the Veteran's Day parade a couple hours ago, and now feel that I'm finally home. I first deployed to S.E.A. with my unit for a temporary gig in 64; back home and gather up the family, back to work and then back over again in a few months. Back home in a few months only to do it all over again; set up house keeping, get reacquainted with wife and kids, and then a final trip over to finish out my time, only this time it was traveling as an individual and arriving at Denver Stapleton in December, brown as a walnut, spiffed up in Class A's only to be met with disdain and indifference by a public that was beset with the anti-war movement in full swing and pretty much fed up with the whole thing.
I never really let it bother me much, fully aware of the thousands of kids who had it much worse than I, the thousands who came home in the gray box, the many who were scattered across the hills of North Vietnam and Laos or languished for years in POW camps while the world went on it's way without them, many of whom never made it home at all. It did bother me though, not so much for myself, but more for the many who came back with screwed up bodies, screwed up minds, screwed up lives. and still no thanks.
That changed today though, riding on a float with WWII and Korea Vets, members of the American Legion and seeing the populace lining the sidewalks waving, waving our glorious flag, women blowing kisses and mouthing thank you's over the throb of Harley-Davidsons and marching bands, vets saluting from curbside while rigidly at attention, the closing ceremony with 21 gun salute and taps at the end. Yep, I got my welcome home today after 43 years, and it felt good. For those Vets who served, for their families and the endless sacrifices they've had to make and are still making, I offer a heart felt and grateful thank you! For those who didn't get to serve, it was a privilege to do so in your stead, so if you see a Vet and can do so; go shake his hand, hug his neck and thank him or her for their service. If you get a bit choked up that's ok; I still do after all these years.
While our services are being diligent in hostile areas, we need to be diligent here at home, for America isn't what it once was, and we now have about as many enemies from within as we do from without. Our Constitutional form of law is under attack, our economy is in sad shape and also under attack, our way of life is in peril, so we all need to be good soldiers and if we can't reclaim our country, at least let's try to hold onto what is left.
Thanks!

 

[Big luke1981]

Thank you to all who have and are serving to protect this great country that we call home. Happy Veteran's Day!!!!!!

 

[idnative1948]

Well; I just got back from the Veteran's Day parade a couple hours ago, and now feel that I'm finally home. I first deployed to S.E.A. with my unit for a temporary gig in 64; back home and gather up the family, back to work and then back over again in a few months. Back home in a few months only to do it all over again; set up house keeping, get reacquainted with wife and kids, and then a final trip over to finish out my time, only this time it was traveling as an individual and arriving at Denver Stapleton in December, brown as a walnut, spiffed up in Class A's only to be met with disdain and indifference by a public that was beset with the anti-war movement in full swing and pretty much fed up with the whole thing.
I never really let it bother me much, fully aware of the thousands of kids who had it much worse than I, the thousands who came home in the gray box, the many who were scattered across the hills of North Vietnam and Laos or languished for years in POW camps while the world went on it's way without them, many of whom never made it home at all. It did bother me though, not so much for myself, but more for the many who came back with screwed up bodies, screwed up minds, screwed up lives. and still no thanks.
That changed today though, riding on a float with WWII and Korea Vets, members of the American Legion and seeing the populace lining the sidewalks waving, waving our glorious flag, women blowing kisses and mouthing thank you's over the throb of Harley-Davidsons and marching bands, vets saluting from curbside while rigidly at attention, the closing ceremony with 21 gun salute and taps at the end. Yep, I got my welcome home today after 43 years, and it felt good. For those Vets who served, for their families and the endless sacrifices they've had to make and are still making, I offer a heart felt and grateful thank you! For those who didn't get to serve, it was a privilege to do so in your stead, so if you see a Vet and can do so; go shake his hand, hug his neck and thank him or her for their service. If you get a bit choked up that's ok; I still do after all these years.
While our services are being diligent in hostile areas, we need to be diligent here at home, for America isn't what it once was, and we now have about as many enemies from within as we do from without. Our Constitutional form of law is under attack, our economy is in sad shape and also under attack, our way of life is in peril, so we all need to be good soldiers and if we can't reclaim our country, at least let's try to hold onto what is left.
Thanks!

Very well delivered sir! Assuming that you have also seen things that make you want to cry, but you don't/won't.

 

[ashersdad]

A big thank you to all vets. We have our freedom because of men and women willing to risk their lives for our country. We owe you all a tremendous debt of gratitude.