jfantasma

Hello everyone and sorry for the late link. I spent half the day today taking photos for today's challenge. I took more than 300 pictures.

Today is a very special day for us. A day we can take out to say thank you to the individuals that are risking their lives to protect our freedom. Of course I didn't have to tell you that but I wantd to point out a few things I have noticed.

A "Veteran" doesn't necessarily mean someone who has been at war. Of course anytime people in general talk about this subject war is usually the topic that comes up. There are many individuals that serve in the military that will not see war, but that does not mean that hey arenot serving their country. Every job in the military is important... Whether a soldier sits behind a desk or is out rolling around in the mud. That soldier that has the so called "coosh job" has a lot of responsibilities as well. It is this person's responsibility to ensure that those soldier's on the front lines are getting paid, medical records are straight, promotion records are straight, life insurance policies are correct.... I think you get the point I am trying to make. I probably would have been wrapped up in that bunch of people that talked about those soldiers... saying they weren't really "soldiers" in those jobs. If it was not for me getting injured during my lst mission, I would have never learned to appreciate them. I turned into one of them pencil pushers at the end of my career because my injuries prevented me from doing my assigned job. Please consider this when posting your photos today.

OKAY... So I was thinking for today it can kind of be a free for all with one exception.... It MUST pertain to Veterans Day. You can post photos of a person you know who is or was a veteran. It can be a memorial for veterans. Remember therer are also veteran police and firefighters too so lets not forget them too. They protect our homefront. I would like to see something unique from your town that honors these veterans.

The last thing is HAVE FUN!!!

We have the most SURVIVING Medal of Honor "Winners"


It takes Valor to protect freedom


To the Veterans of all wars


Vietnam War Memorial


Surviving Medal of Honor Winners


Our local Veteran's Bridge


These Capsules have thousand's of names of current and past Soldiers




Great guy runs this place. The whole inside is full of old news articles and photos of veterans

modest genius Loc: joshua tree park CA

already posted elsewhere under 11.11.11.

Lancaster Dropping Poppies.


Belgian Wreath Layers.


poppy


Hello. Goodbye.


Playing Taps.


Crosses, Crescents and Star of Davids. U.S. Troops All. Arlington West.


Lest we forget.

Roadrunner Loc: Quebec, Canada

JFan.........Thank you very much for hosting today, thank you for serving....

Jim

USN 1955 - 1963

I still wear my caps proud too

Clicker2014 Loc: Canada

God bless everyone who serves their country in any way shape or form. Our thanks to you!

Clicker2014 Loc: Canada

Love your post.....

Roadrunner Loc: Quebec, Canada

But it continued in a way. At the shipyard in Lauzon, Québec we built sonar domes for the US Navy during 20 years. We also built destroyers and The HMCS Provider too, so I did two Navys in a way :lol:

mgstrawn Loc: Atlanta, GA

J - beautifully stated introduction and wonderful series of photos to start us off! Thanks for hosting today, but more importantly, thank you for your service to our country that allows me to be free to live my life to the fullest. Your sacrifice has impacted your life, both physically and mentally, but I so admire how you have chosen to live your life to the fullest! What an inspiration you are to us, and what an incredible example you are to your children!

Roadrunner Loc: Quebec, Canada

mgstrawn Loc: Atlanta, GA

Modest Genius - Incredible photos today ~ AMAZING photos of the crosses! Terrific tribute (pg. 1)

mgstrawn Loc: Atlanta, GA

RR - The vintage photos are so interesting and your photo of the memorial marker and the others are simply wonderful! I like seeing your face! (pg. 1)

mgstrawn Loc: Atlanta, GA

Clicker - your post is a beautiful tribute with wonderful photos! The fall photo in the cemetery is GREAT! (pg. 1)

Roadrunner Loc: Quebec, Canada

Thank you MG.

Back in the old Navy it did not work like that, not at all. We not only worked together, but we shared the same sleeping quarters, three-bunk tiers. Definitely a fart was not welcomed! We also stood watches together, and the watch list did not change much. Could have been with a guy in another compartment or the guy in the bunk above you. I’d walk into the plotting room just in time for a card game. How many Friday and Saturday nights did we spend playing cards and drinking coffee until dawn! Some trades with whom we did not associate with but only because trades sort of hung out together.. Snipes would eat on the port side, us white stripers on the starboard and the radiomen, radarmen, sonar guys would eat in the middle. It was like that on all the tin cans back then. Leave out the clans tho, because when we were on the beach and a fight or something broke out, we were all brothers regardless of the trades. Y’know, I’ll tell you how deep tin can roots can go. Over 50 years ago I was a fire control tech aboard the Sampson and the Damato and before that on the Gyatt and somehow some of us met up on the Internet. Well, some guys families had problems, some guys themselves had problems, all had joys, but even if we never sailed together and time had erased names and faces, come a situation, be it good or bad, those guys are there to pray and applaude. Talk about heart warming! Recently several of us went through some tough times in our lives and who showed the most interest? Y,betcha, tin can sailors who have been unseen for over a half a century.

Kinds sez a lot, eh?

Thanx guys…….I love you………Jim

mgstrawn Loc: Atlanta, GA

Yes, it does. Thank you for so much for sharing; it is indeed heartwarming . . .

mgstrawn Loc: Atlanta, GA

J ~ I'm going to go ahead and play the red card today as I don't know if I will have an opportunity to go out with the camera. The older I get, the more I appreciate what our flag represents!

Old Glory

subroto mukerji Loc: New Delhi, INDIA

I seen jfan's amazing pics, I seen the Roadrunner's wonderful photographs, I seen modest's memorial photos (last one was superb, modest) --- but there are millions here who've been fighting a war they know they can't win, generation after generation. Ever fought a war you know you'll never win, Double R ?? It can make the strongest turn to jelly.
Yet, for hundreds of years, the once-richest nation in the world has been systematically stripped of her uncountable wealth by a succession of foreign invaders, who've left in their wake some of the poorest and yet some of the noblest veterans of this unholy war.
This post is therefore a tribute to these veterans -- survivors of an unending battle against poverty, aided and abetted by a succession of governments that mouth platitudes, skim the cream and leave the poor toiling in the mud.

If courage can be defined as grace under pressure, this village lady deserves a Victoria Cross (whose citation reads "For Valour").