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To All Our Military-My Deepest Gratitude
May 26, 2014 10:01:51   #
luvmypets Loc: Born & raised Texan living in Fayetteville NC
 
To: All Military personnel currently serving our great country. Thank you for your time and service. Thank you for the sacrifices you make each day to protect this country. My prayers go out to you for your protection and safe return.

To: All Veterans. Thank you for your service and the sacrifices you have given to this country.

To: All those who didn't come home or have passed. Thank you for the sacrifice and service you gave to this country.

To: Those still missing. Thank you for your service and sacrifice. You are not forgotten.

To: All the families of our Military. Thank you for the sacrifices you made watching your love ones go off to serve our country.
For those whose loved ones didn't come home or have since passed, please accept my deepest condolences for your loss. I know your pain and sorrow. My prayers for you are for peace and comfort.

To all of you....you have my deepest, most heart felt gratitude for all you do and have done. Bless each and everyone of you.

Fayetteville, NC is the home of the Airborne and Special Operations museum. This museum participates in the Field of Honor display. This is the fifth year of the Field of Honor. These flags are purchased to honor a someone currently serving, a Veteran, or someone who has made the Supreme Sacrifice. The flags are being flown from May 10, 2014- June 28, 2014.







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May 26, 2014 11:34:09   #
bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA
 
Thank you for your thoughts. Words like yours were non-existent after "my" war.

I'm a Vietnam vet. I was trained to drop nuclear weapons. My dad was at Pearl Harbor and Normandy. My Father-in-Law was involved in forcing the Japanese off islands in the Pacific. I am a patriotic American.

This spring I took a road trip through a number of eastern states and went to a variety of war museums. I stood under the wing of the Enola Gay and in a Gettysburg battlefield. I sat in a Navy gun turret.

I started adding up the American death totals starting with the Civil War. I was shocked that I had no idea. If interested, Wikipedia has a summary.

Now to my point. I would like us to stop thinking in terms of "Color and Glory" on both Memorial Day and Veterans day. Instead we need to be thinking about ending wars. Perhaps it would be more useful to share the grimmest of photos displayed in our historical museums.

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May 26, 2014 14:01:02   #
Camshy Loc: Erie Michigan
 
luvmypets wrote:
To: All Military personnel currently serving our great country. Thank you for your time and service. Thank you for the sacrifices you make each day to protect this country. My prayers go out to you for your protection and safe return.

To: All Veterans. Thank you for your service and the sacrifices you have given to this country.

To: All those who didn't come home or have passed. Thank you for the sacrifice and service you gave to this country.

To: Those still missing. Thank you for your service and sacrifice. You are not forgotten.

To: All the families of our Military. Thank you for the sacrifices you made watching your love ones go off to serve our country.
For those whose loved ones didn't come home or have since passed, please accept my deepest condolences for your loss. I know your pain and sorrow. My prayers for you are for peace and comfort.

To all of you....you have my deepest, most heart felt gratitude for all you do and have done. Bless each and everyone of you.

Fayetteville, NC is the home of the Airborne and Special Operations museum. This museum participates in the Field of Honor display. This is the fifth year of the Field of Honor. These flags are purchased to honor a someone currently serving, a Veteran, or someone who has made the Supreme Sacrifice. The flags are being flown from May 10, 2014- June 28, 2014.
To: All Military personnel currently serving our g... (show quote)


What an honor you have given our guys and gals. Beautiful pictures too! I know how some people have for gotten these guys/gals to me they will never be forgotten. I do not believe and war. I still honor those who served.

The pictures I have posted here are not the best. But I just wanted to honor them some how. These were taken across from where I work. It is a busy road and the stupid phone wires were in the way plus the wind would not work with me.

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May 26, 2014 14:04:04   #
Camshy Loc: Erie Michigan
 
bsprague wrote:
Thank you for your thoughts. Words like yours were non-existent after "my" war.

I'm a Vietnam vet. I was trained to drop nuclear weapons. My dad was at Pearl Harbor and Normandy. My Father-in-Law was involved in forcing the Japanese off islands in the Pacific. I am a patriotic American.

This spring I took a road trip through a number of eastern states and went to a variety of war museums. I stood under the wing of the Enola Gay and in a Gettysburg battlefield. I sat in a Navy gun turret.

I started adding up the American death totals starting with the Civil War. I was shocked that I had no idea. If interested, Wikipedia has a summary.

Now to my point. I would like us to stop thinking in terms of "Color and Glory" on both Memorial Day and Veterans day. Instead we need to be thinking about ending wars. Perhaps it would be more useful to share the grimmest of photos displayed in our historical museums.
Thank you for your thoughts. Words like yours were... (show quote)


Thank you for your service. I agree with your last few sentence's. I feel the same way!

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May 26, 2014 15:59:31   #
luvmypets Loc: Born & raised Texan living in Fayetteville NC
 
Camshy wrote:
What an honor you have given our guys and gals. Beautiful pictures too! I know how some people have for gotten these guys/gals to me they will never be forgotten. I do not believe and war. I still honor those who served.

The pictures I have posted here are not the best. But I just wanted to honor them some how. These were taken across from where I work. It is a busy road and the stupid phone wires were in the way plus the wind would not work with me.


Very nice, Mary!!! Thank you for those photos!

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May 26, 2014 16:05:51   #
Johnny boy Loc: COCOA FL
 
Thank you from John USMC and all vets

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May 26, 2014 16:13:10   #
Camshy Loc: Erie Michigan
 
luvmypets wrote:
Very nice, Mary!!! Thank you for those photos!


You are very welcome. And thanks.But yours are much better!

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May 26, 2014 18:52:31   #
luvmypets Loc: Born & raised Texan living in Fayetteville NC
 
bsprague wrote:
Thank you for your thoughts. Words like yours were non-existent after "my" war.

I'm a Vietnam vet. I was trained to drop nuclear weapons. My dad was at Pearl Harbor and Normandy. My Father-in-Law was involved in forcing the Japanese off islands in the Pacific. I am a patriotic American.

This spring I took a road trip through a number of eastern states and went to a variety of war museums. I stood under the wing of the Enola Gay and in a Gettysburg battlefield. I sat in a Navy gun turret.

I started adding up the American death totals starting with the Civil War. I was shocked that I had no idea. If interested, Wikipedia has a summary.

Now to my point. I would like us to stop thinking in terms of "Color and Glory" on both Memorial Day and Veterans day. Instead we need to be thinking about ending wars. Perhaps it would be more useful to share the grimmest of photos displayed in our historical museums.
Thank you for your thoughts. Words like yours were... (show quote)


My deepest thanks to you, your father and your father-in-law for your service to this country. My late husband had his parents sign so he could join the Army early. He was 17 when he went to Vietnam the first time. ( he did 2 tours) We didn't know each other then. I met him almost 20 years later when he was putting in his paperwork for retirement. There was a 10 year age difference between us. When he left for Vietnam I was in 2nd grade. As I grew up and watched on TV as the military came home I was very upset they way these returning Vets were treated. It was very wrong!!

Thank you for your comments and stopping to look! Bless you and your family!

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May 26, 2014 18:54:46   #
luvmypets Loc: Born & raised Texan living in Fayetteville NC
 
Johnny boy wrote:
Thank you from John USMC and all vets



Thank you for stopping to look and comment! My deepest thanks to you and all those you served with for your service to this country!

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May 26, 2014 18:57:40   #
luvmypets Loc: Born & raised Texan living in Fayetteville NC
 
Camshy wrote:
You are very welcome. And thanks.But yours are much better!


I just had more to work with. It's what's in your heart that matters and you are honoring these great people with your photos and words; letting them know how you feel is what is important.

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May 26, 2014 19:01:26   #
Camshy Loc: Erie Michigan
 
luvmypets wrote:
I just had more to work with. It's what's in your heart that matters and you are honoring these great people with your photos and words; letting them know how you feel is what is important.


:)

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May 26, 2014 23:49:24   #
bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA
 
luvmypets wrote:
My deepest thanks to you, your father and your father-in-law for your service to this country. ...
There was not many choices. I could volunteer, leave for Canada or wait to get drafted into a swampy fox hole. I volunteered. It happened that I got to fly airplanes in safe zones. Jane Fonda was beautiful. Vets were dirt that got spit on. You may call it "service to the country" but we miserably lost the Vietnam war. Men that died there died for nothing.

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May 27, 2014 09:28:41   #
GeneB Loc: Chattanooga Tennessee
 
bsprague wrote:
Thank you for your thoughts. Words like yours were non-existent after "my" war.

I'm a Vietnam vet. I was trained to drop nuclear weapons. My dad was at Pearl Harbor and Normandy. My Father-in-Law was involved in forcing the Japanese off islands in the Pacific. I am a patriotic American.

This spring I took a road trip through a number of eastern states and went to a variety of war museums. I stood under the wing of the Enola Gay and in a Gettysburg battlefield. I sat in a Navy gun turret.

I started adding up the American death totals starting with the Civil War. I was shocked that I had no idea. If interested, Wikipedia has a summary.

Now to my point. I would like us to stop thinking in terms of "Color and Glory" on both Memorial Day and Veterans day. Instead we need to be thinking about ending wars. Perhaps it would be more useful to share the grimmest of photos displayed in our historical museums.
Thank you for your thoughts. Words like yours were... (show quote)


Regarding your point about ending wars. Nice thought but it will not happen. Somehow it seems the human race just cannot stop fighting. We will have wars somewhere on the planet no matter what we do, too bad.

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May 27, 2014 10:34:20   #
bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA
 
GeneB wrote:
Regarding your point about ending wars. Nice thought but it will not happen.

Unfortunately, I agree with you. I think we are, and will always be, genetically programmed to band into groups that assume any other group is evil. Within such groups there will be a portion compelled to exhibit "leadership" and be "warriors". It can be football teams, fraternities, religions, states or countries. It does not matter, there will always be a fight on.

Here is the score for the "big ones".

Civil war: 215 thousand warriors died in combat
World War I: 53 thousand warriors died in combat
World War II: 293 thousand warriors died in combat
Korean War: 34 thousand warriors died in combat
Vietnam War: 47 thousand warriors died in combat
Iraq War: 3.5 thousand warriors died in combat
Afghanistan War: 1.7 thousand warriors died in combat

The subtotal is 647 thousand US Combat Dead

If you count all the other "little" US Wars the total is 848 thousand American combat dead warriors.




(Souce: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_of_war)

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May 27, 2014 19:19:29   #
GeneB Loc: Chattanooga Tennessee
 
bsprague wrote:
Unfortunately, I agree with you. I think we are, and will always be, genetically programmed to band into groups that assume any other group is evil. Within such groups there will be a portion compelled to exhibit "leadership" and be "warriors". It can be football teams, fraternities, religions, states or countries. It does not matter, there will always be a fight on.

Here is the score for the "big ones".

Civil war: 215 thousand warriors died in combat
World War I: 53 thousand warriors died in combat
World War II: 293 thousand warriors died in combat
Korean War: 34 thousand warriors died in combat
Vietnam War: 47 thousand warriors died in combat
Iraq War: 3.5 thousand warriors died in combat
Afghanistan War: 1.7 thousand warriors died in combat

The subtotal is 647 thousand US Combat Dead

If you count all the other "little" US Wars the total is 848 thousand American combat dead warriors.




(Souce: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_of_war)
Unfortunately, I agree with you. I think we are, ... (show quote)


Yeah, it really sucks. But my son missed having to do one and I hope for the same for my grandson.

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