In Honor of Veterans Day

[warpedskydiver 0]

I thought this would be a nice time to say thank you, to all who have ever served our nations in time of peace, or war.


Thank you to all my brothers and sisters.

Enclosed is a pic that really sums it up.

[kschilk 0]

Thanks for posting this! As for myself, it was a privelege to serve (USN - '88 thru '93). I think that all too often, Veterans' Day and Armed Forces Day go ignored. Thanks again!

"T'was ever thus."

[warpedskydiver 0]

No, Thank you.

[shropshire 0]

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Thankfully, not here in the U.K. Rememberance Day (11/11) is still a big deal - lots of people wearing poppies.

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[b1jercat 0]

My flag will be flying. Thanks to veterans past and present.

blues

jerry

[warpedskydiver 0]

Thanks, I have mine flying every day, I have a light on it at night as well.

[Amazon 7]

I always thank those who have served... it is what allows us to have the opinions and differences that we have.

[warpedskydiver 0]

Agreed.

[Andy9o8 2]

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Thankfully, not here in the U.K. Rememberance Day (11/11) is still a big deal - lots of people wearing poppies.

That's because we focus on July 4, 1776.

Seriously:

Thank you, Dad (USMC 1946-49). You served us during peacetime, but it surely wasn't safe: you almost got blown up at Parris Island by a grenade that did kill another boot and a DI. Your mere presence "on that wall" kept the hounds at bay so we could sleep soundly at night. You were an expert marksman who trained countless other Marines to be expert marksmen. How many lives did your service save? Far more than most of us realize.

Thank you, Uncle G (USAAF, 1941-45). You served in a group that had one of the highest overall casualty rates of all American combat assignments in the war: heavy bomber crew in the European Theatre. You were in the 1943 raid on the Ploesti oil refineries where the Allied casualty rate was about 50%. Crazy things happen in wartime. You were critically wounded and almost died when your plane blew itself out of the air with its own bomb and crashed. Moments after takeoff, it accidentally released a bomb, which exploded directly under the plane. Grandma didn't hear from you for weeks after that, and feared you'd been killed. She cried every day until you finally came home. How would this world be different today if you had not served?

Thank you, all.

[shropshire 0]

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Wow you are old..... with a good memory

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[Shell666 0]

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Thankfully, not here in the U.K. Rememberance Day (11/11) is still a big deal - lots of people wearing poppies.

Same here in Canada.

Here's a tribute to those that have served.

Edited to add: The story behind him writing this song is here.

'Shell

[nerdgirl 0]

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lots of people wearing poppies.

In Flanders field the poppies [g]row,
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe,
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch - yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

Dr. McCrae, who I believe was actually a Canadian, composed after the 2nd Battle of Ypres.

VR/Marg … I had to Google the 2nd & 3rd stanzas

[shropshire 0]

WHEN you come to London Town,
(Grieving-grieving!)
Bring your flowers and lay them down
At the place of grieving.

When you come to London Town,
(Grieving-grieving!)
Bow your head and mourn your own,
With the others grieving.

For those minutes, let it wake
(Grieving-grieving!)
All the empty-heart and ache
That is not cured by grieving.

For those minutes, tell no lie:
(Grieving-grieving!)
"Grave, this is thy victory;
And the sting of death is grieving."

Where's our help, from earth or heaven,
(Grieving-grieving!)
To comfort us for what we've given,
And only gained the grieving.

Heaven's too far and earth too near,
(Grieving-grieving!)
But our neighbour's standing here,
Grieving as we're grieving.

What's his burden every day?
(Grieving-grieving!)
Nothing man can count or weigh,
But loss and love's own grieving.

What is the tie betwixt us two
(Grieving-grieving!)
That must last our whole lives through?
"As I suffer, so do you."
That may ease the grieving.




Rudyard Kipling

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[kschilk 0]

Ya' know, it's because of people like all of you, that folks like me felt so privileged to serve....and are hatin' life now, 'cause we're to old to go back in and give 'em hell again.

"T'was ever thus."

[warpedskydiver 0]

Indeed

[kallend 2,150]

Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind.

Gas! Gas! Quick, boys! – An ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling,
And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime . . .
Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.

If in some smothering dreams you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est
Pro patria mori.

Wilfred Owen, 1917 (Owen was killed in action on the western front, 4 November 1918)

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[Ragnarok 0]

11 years and counting.

My Grandfather served.

My father-inlaw did 20 with 3 tours in Vietnam, 2 Purple Hearts and 3 Bronze Stars.

I thought the year I spent in Iraq was alot. I am now thinking it may not be, when others are on their third year.......


It is MY pleaure to Serve.

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Twin Otter N203-Echo,29 July 2006
Cessna P206 N2537X, 19 April 2008
Blue Skies Forever

[leewilcox 0]

My thanks to all veterans, past & present, for their service. I felt fortunate to be able to participate in a number of demo jumps at Veterans Day parades over the years, in honor of those who served.

"Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion" - Democritus

[juanesky 0]

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I always thank those who have served... it is what allows us to have the opinions and differences that we have.

BBBBBWWWWAAAAAAAAAA... You are just funny.

"According to some of the conservatives here, it sounds like it's fine to beat your wide - as long as she had it coming." -Billvon

[juanesky 0]

It is not about the times, days, or even if you are deployed or not. Is being ready for your mission soldier. It is a priviledge to serve.

God bless America.

Pun intended.

"According to some of the conservatives here, it sounds like it's fine to beat your wide - as long as she had it coming." -Billvon

[Amazon 7]

AS I said.. I do thank those who have actually served. Even You Juan.. if you have served.

[juanesky 0]

Well, if my memory does not fail me, (and I got the PM's to prove it), you called me once close to be a murderer, for going to Iraq, gitmo, Katrina deployments, and my association with a MP unit.

But here, just in case if you believe this attached photo was taken in anytown USA, so be it.

I on the other hand, belive that your service was an honorable one, and have stated many times in such manner in previous PM's. It is not a matter of where you are posted, sent, deployed to, or what work you are assigned. It is being ready and doing your job whatever it may be.

Don't have to look to far to see your chickenhawk comments about me, even though been in the sandbox twice.

"According to some of the conservatives here, it sounds like it's fine to beat your wide - as long as she had it coming." -Billvon

[Amazon 7]

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Well, if my memory does not fail me, (and I got the PM's to prove it), you called me once close to be a murderer, for going to Iraq, gitmo, Katrina deployments, and my association with a MP unit.

BULLSHIT.......

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on the other hand, belive that your service was an honorable one, and have stated many times in such manner in previous PM's. It is not a matter of where you are posted, sent, deployed to, or what work you are assigned. It is being ready and doing your job whatever it may be.

BULLSHIT again... I have the PM's.. and if that is thanking me for my service... you have a warped sense of thanks

[juanesky 0]

I'll give you the courtesy of asking you again, are you sure you want me posting those PM's?

"According to some of the conservatives here, it sounds like it's fine to beat your wide - as long as she had it coming." -Billvon

[Amazon 7]

Care to call me a terrorist sympathizer again while you are at it????