Veterans Day
Nov 11, 2022 08:17:50 #
My personal thanks to all who have served and eternal gratitude to those that made the ultimate scarifice to make us and keep us free! Today is a day for rememberence and appreciation and we all need to make the most of it. However, these sentiments go far deeper than a single day of honor once a year! "Thanks for your service" simply doesn't quite seem adequate, but at least it's a start. Everyone have a meaningful and respectful Veteran's Day Holiday and let's remember and honor their efforts whenever possible.
Nov 11, 2022 08:58:28 #
Bison Bud wrote:
My personal thanks to all who have served and eter... (show quote)
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Nov 11, 2022 09:14:15 #
Thanks for the reminder of this special date, Veterans Day. Little considered, the active memory of the living, who recall indefinitely the loss of their fellow service members. Among some of the living, this question haunts: "Why him, not me?" Relief from this lasting concern comes slowly, if at all. A bond with the departed continues. Today, let us honor all veterans who have served their country.
Bison Bud wrote:
My personal thanks to all who have served and eter... (show quote)
Nov 11, 2022 20:50:30 #
Bison Bud wrote:
My personal thanks to all who have served and eter... (show quote)
Thank you, Army 66-69, Nam Dec 66-Jan 69. My oldest boy is an Iraq vet and in the Reserves.
Nov 11, 2022 20:58:41 #
anotherview wrote:
Thanks for the reminder of this special date, Veterans Day. Little considered, the active memory of the living, who recall indefinitely the loss of their fellow service members. Among some of the living, this question haunts: "Why him, not me?" Relief from this lasting concern comes slowly, if at all. A bond with the departed continues. Today, let us honor all veterans who have served their country.
I know how it was him and not me. I was packing my desk to go on outpost duty for a week when Mac, our HQ Draftsman walked into the room and announced he had all his work done for the next 10 days and had never been on outpost duty (I had been.) and volunteered to go. He went, I went back to my work. Three days later was "Tet" and the outpost was the first place hit in our area. The platoon's worth of guys on TDY from various units had 3 killed, Mac was one of them.
Nov 12, 2022 00:30:42 #
In my case, a sailor volunteered to sit in an aircraft where I would've sat. Minutes later, the aircraft crashed into the ocean, killing the two aboard it. This incident tormented me for decades, until we gave a send-off to all departed shipmates during a military reunion. Yet I still carry that sailor with me.
robertjerl wrote:
I know how it was him and not me. I was packing my desk to go on outpost duty for a week when Mac, our HQ Draftsman walked into the room and announced he had all his work done for the next 10 days and had never been on outpost duty (I had been.) and volunteered to go. He went, I went back to my work. Three days later was "Tet" and the outpost was the first place hit in our area. The platoon's worth of guys on TDY from various units had 3 killed, Mac was one of them.
Nov 12, 2022 13:26:18 #
johnh1944
Loc: North Las Vegas
If you want to thank a veteran for his/her service I ask that "you be a person worth fighting for".
USAF 62-66, Nam 65
USAF 62-66, Nam 65
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