In Memory Of...
Nov 12, 2016 01:36:50 #
In memory of those who gave the ultimate for us on this Veteran's Day.
Nov 12, 2016 02:05:44 #
Amen to that, and also to those who served honorable and have since passed on, like my brother.
Nov 12, 2016 02:15:30 #
rmorrison1116 wrote:
Amen to that, and also to those who served honorable and have since passed on, like my brother.
I thank your brother for his service and feel for your loss. He may be gone but never forgotten.
Nov 12, 2016 02:44:37 #
Ed Greding
Loc: Texas
I hope not to sound callous or uncaring if I say that, in the interest of seeing our society as it actually exists, it might be better to suggest the following. Most who died fighting for us, our country, and for the future probably left home with at least some hope of returning alive and well. Thus they did not give up their lives as we often say, so much as to knowingly risk their lives and futures for what they knew to be good. Those who died did not have that hope realized, for their lives were not surrendered, but rather taken from them. In no way whatever does that alter the respect and honor with which we should remember them and all veterans.
Nov 12, 2016 04:18:20 #
No professor, you do not sound callous or uncaring at all. In fact reading your last sentence I would guess you care a great deal about veterans. Let me clarify. The point I was trying to make was this. It is not as much as whether or not they died fighting for our country. It is more that there are some of us who have friends and loved ones that have been killed while serving. As a Vietnam veteran and US citizen I am proud to salute my fallen brothers and sisters as well as all of those who served before and after me.
Nov 12, 2016 04:20:53 #
Nov 12, 2016 04:36:09 #
Leicaflex wrote:
So many graves.
Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
It was a humbling experience walking through the cemetery.
Nov 12, 2016 05:10:15 #
Thank you for my fellow service members who cannot thank you. Thank you from the ones not in this forum, and lastly thank you on behalf of myself& my hubby.
From a cranky one WAS.
From a cranky one WAS.
Nov 12, 2016 05:40:04 #
And thank you for your service. For me, I need no thanks. I made it home safe and sound and have had a incredibly great life. It is all about them. The ones that you and I speak of. By the way, welcome to the HOG.
Nov 12, 2016 05:59:38 #
Nov 12, 2016 06:54:04 #
Too many people make their decisions and comments based on the military they see in the movies. When a soldier is in a war zone, he gets up in the morning and wonders if today is the day. Not the day he'll live, but the day he'll die. When you raise your hand and take the sacred oath, you are giving Uncle Sam complete control over your life to include using your life in situations that will cause your death. Patriotism is alive and well in our military and we are prepared to give our lives in the defense of our beloved country.
Nov 12, 2016 09:14:12 #
Nov 12, 2016 10:59:12 #
Rosaj wrote:
I mean WAC. Proud to have been one
You should be proud.
Nov 12, 2016 11:00:26 #
Canon Cocker wrote:
Too many people make their decisions and comments ... (show quote)
Well put, thank you.
Nov 12, 2016 11:03:57 #
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