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Veteran's Day

SCOUT5SCOUT5 Member Posts: 16,181 ✭✭✭✭
edited November 2019 in General Discussion
A big thanks to our Veterans here. I wish each of you a good day and I hope you are enjoying it. On behalf of myself and my family, Thank You.
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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,497 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Crisp salute to all my brothers and sisters.

    I was born in 1947, of parents who both served in the Army during WWII. In those years, young men were expected to serve in the military - and those who did not were looked down upon as shameful shirkers of their natural duty. My formative years were filled with those wonderful patriotic movies of the past war such as Flattop, Midway, Run Silent Run Deep, Twelve O'Clock High, and many more. I knew from the age of five that I wanted to be "John Wayne Fighter Pilot." Seeing brand new and sexy T-33 jets flying low over my house into the nearby Air Force Base reinforced that desire.

    I was fortunate enough to do all that - I even logged some 60 hours in the attack trainer version of the AT-33/F-80 I had watched as a kid, earning the rating of Ground Attack Fighter Pilot. I ended up serving 10 years active and then 13 years Reserve, to complete a full career in service, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel.

    I get thanked for my service a lot.

    Thanks are not necessary. I have been the very first molecule at the tip of the spear, and I have trained others to be the same. I have felt monsoonal misery and stratospheric ecstasy. My heart is already warmed with the knowledge that I did my duty, helped preserve my country, and experienced things along the way that simply cannot be gotten any other way. It was an honor.

    But you are most sincerely welcome for your thoughts.
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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  • NeoBlackdogNeoBlackdog Member Posts: 17,275 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Another very large thank you to all veterans from my wife and I.
    To each and every one of you we owe a debt that can never be fully repaid.
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  • kimikimi Member Posts: 44,719 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'd like to thank each of you who are past the age of serving, to include, those too young to serve, that appreciate our men and women in uniform, for whatever reason. It is this type of feeling that draws good people together...and one certainly does not have to serve to be a good person. Good people in the final analysis stick together. This is how I feel about ya'll...it is what I came to completely believe when I was young and in the Nam. Your appreciation for vets is simply icing on the cake. Thanks again to each of you for being a good person.
    What's next?
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  • pulsarncpulsarnc Member Posts: 6,559 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    To all the veterans on the board , a humble and complete thank you for your efforts . It is to you , that the rest of us owe our freedom and our nation . Again , thanks from a greatfull nation
    cry Havoc and let slip  the dogs of war..... 
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  • GilWilson1GilWilson1 Member Posts: 182 ✭
    edited November -1
    Add my thanks to those who served, I did 4 in the Navy and I volunteered but I served when we had no conflicts and my time was easy compared to those who spent time in combat. God Bless all America's honorable Veterans
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  • Quick&DeadQuick&Dead Member Posts: 1,466 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I came home from SE Asia in mid 1968.

    Lucked out going thru the airport (flying standby in full dress uniform) around 1 AM and no crowds...no comments from airport personnel.

    No one ever mentioned my serving the military when returning home. It was a subject not spoken of.

    Never got a "thanks for your service" until it became a 'popular fad' about 6-7 years ago.

    Had been working in the yard and went to lunch at local restaurant. A fellow came over and thanked me for my service as was wearing an old field jacket w/rank/unit on it.

    I was stunned at the time.
    The government has no rights. Only the people have rights which empowers the government.
    We have enough gun laws, what we need is IDIOT control.
    Blood makes you related. Loyalty makes you family.

    I thought getting old would take longer. :shock:
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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,497 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    As a note to end the day, November 11 is the only time we enjoy having VD.
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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  • mmppresmmppres Member Posts: 3,195 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    God bless all veterans past present an future.
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  • JunkballerJunkballer Member Posts: 9,308 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November 2019
    Rocky Raab wrote:
    As a note to end the day, November 11 is the only time we enjoy having VD.

    x+x=2x.... :roll:

    "Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee

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  • ProceramicProceramic Member Posts: 334 ✭
    edited November -1
    Yes! A big thank you to all of you here that have served and sacrificed things that many of us take for granted. Even with all her faults, I love this country and owe it all to you, the ones who actually make it possible.
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  • TooBigTooBig Member Posts: 28,559 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Had a very nice day eating out with Vets at a local grocery store that even had a color guard .
    Many were WW2 and Korean and then Nam vets and we all had a great time and enjoyed the salute.

    I got out in 67 and we weren't treated well but the last few years have been a honor

    To all vets thank you for your service
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