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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: rpm on November 11, 2003, 08:29:38 AM
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A Big
to all those who served when their country called.
My Dad joined the Coast Guard after Pearl Harbor. He served in the Atlantic on a subchaser then later went on the Pacific Island hopping campaign serving on LST's and ran a Higgins Boat at Iwo Jima. I still remember all the war stories he used to tell. He had to be the character Hank Hill's dad is modeled after...even looked like him.
I'm glad I could follow in his footsteps and serve in the Coast Guard as well.
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Salute to all veterans! :aok
"A soldier lay fallen and gravely wounded. Against his officers’ orders, the sergeant crawled forward at great risk to himself, and dragged his fallen comrade back to the foxhole. Both were mortally wounded. The officer, furious at the sergeant for disobeying his order yelled “ Now look! I’ve lost you both! It wasn’t worth it!” “Yes it was Sir” the sergeant said. “ For when I reached him he said, ‘Jim… I knew you would come".
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Thank you for serving.
Karaya
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To those who served and those now serving.
AmmoNH of the Nightmares and Nighthawks has just been deployed. Our prayers and best wishes go with him.
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Got this from my co-worker who is a drill instructor in the active army reserves. She served 4 years active regular and immediately went into active reserves when she was discharged.
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Veteran's Day is today, November 11th. In the early 1970's, Veteran's Day became a "movable" holiday -- the fourth Monday of October. In 1978, at the urging of veteran's groups who realized the sanctity of the date, Congress returned Veteran's Day to November 11th. Please remember that this day is not to honor war, but rather to honor the sacrifice made by others for our freedom.
What we call Veteran's Day is the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice in the Forest of Campiegne by the Allies and the Germans in 1918 (the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month). This signified the end of World War I and was originally known as Armistice Day. President Woodrow Wilson signed the Congressional Resolution on Nov. 11, 1919, the first Armistice Day.
However, after World War II, the day began to lose meaning and since there were many other veterans to consider, the decision was made to change November 11th to honor all those who fought in American wars.
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WHAT IS A VETERAN?
Attributed to Marine Corps chaplain Father Denis Edward O'Brian
Some veterans bear visible signs of their service: a missing limb, a jagged scar, a certain look in the eye. Others may carry the evidence inside them, a pin holding a bone together, a piece of shrapnel in the leg - or perhaps another sort of inner steel: the soul's alloy forged in the refinery of adversity.
Except in parades, however, the men and women who have kept America safe wear no badge or emblem. You can't tell a vet just by looking. What is a vet?
A vet is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi Arabia sweating two gallons a day making sure the armored personnel carriers didn't run out of fuel.
A vet is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks, whose overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a
hundred times in the cosmic scales by four hours of exquisite bravery near the 38th Parallel.
A vet is the nurse who fought against futility and went to sleep sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang.
A vet is the POW who went away one person and came back
another - or didn't come back at all.
A vet is the drill instructor who has never seen combat -
but has saved countless lives by turning slouchy, no-account punks and gang members into marines, airmen, sailors, soldiers and coast guardsmen, and teaching them to watch each other's backs.
A vet is the parade-riding Legionnaire who pins on his ribbons and medals with a prosthetic hand.
A vet is the career quartermaster who watches the ribbons and medals pass him by.
A vet is the three anonymous heroes in The Tomb Of The Unknowns, whose presence at the Arlington National Cemetery must forever preserve the memory of all the anonymous heroes whose valor dies unrecognized with them on the battlefield or in the ocean's sunless deep.
A vet is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket
- palsied now and aggravatingly slow - who helped liberate a Nazi death camp and who wishes all day long that his wife were still alive to hold him when the nightmares come.
A vet is an ordinary and yet extraordinary human being, a person who offered some of his life's most vital years in the service of his country, and who sacrificed his ambitions so others would not have to sacrifice theirs.
A vet is a soldier and a savior and a sword against the darkness, and he is nothing more that the finest, greatest testimony on behalf of the finest, greatest nation ever known.
So remember, each time you see someone who has served our
country, just lean over and say, "Thank You." That's all
most people need, and in most cases it will mean more than
any medals they could have been awarded or were awarded.
Two little words that mean a lot, "THANK YOU."
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to those who served and are serving....
and Thank you.
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In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
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, be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
John McCrae 1872 - 1918
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Oh! sleep in peace where poppies grow;
The torch your falling hands let go
Was caught by us, again held high,
A beacon light in Flanders sky
That dims the stars to those below.
You are our dead, you held the foe,
And ere the poppies cease to blow,
We'll prove our faith in you who lie
In Flanders Fields.
Oh! rest in peace, we quickly go
To you who bravely died, and know
In other fields was heard the cry,
For freedom's cause, of you who lie,
So still asleep where poppies grow,
In Flanders Fields.
As in rumbling sound, to and fro,
The lightning flashes, sky aglow,
The mighty hosts appear, and high
Above the din of battle cry,
Scarce heard amidst the guns below,
Are fearless hearts who fight the foe,
And guard the place where poppies grow.
Oh! sleep in peace, all you who lie
In Flanders Fields.
And still the poppies gently blow,
Between the crosses, row on row.
The larks, still bravely soaring high,
Are singing now their lullaby
To you who sleep where poppies grow
In Flanders Fields.
- John Mitchell
We must all take the time to remember and honor those brave soles who made the ultimate sacrifice in the name of world peace. It is but a few minutes of your day to stop and reflect on the courage of those soldiers who have fought and died in the name of freedom.
The 11th hour, the 11th day of the 11th month…..
In the service of Peace
R1PPER
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Thanks to all you who've served, or are now serving, in the miltary.
RPM, ya stole me idea. Thanks for starting this thread.
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I know there are many on here like myself. I just wanted to give a big salute to Us and Those like Us....
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Originally posted by Modas
WHAT IS A VETERAN?
Attributed to Marine Corps chaplain Father Denis Edward O'Brian
A Vet is that loudmouthed squid who spent 5 years in a stupor but managed to man that radio for 3 of em.
to the vets who gave to more than the recieved from their service.
-Alex "Sikboy" Cesarz, REMF.
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To all Veterans.
I don't have anything special to say or give.
Accept my thanks to those who served.
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Thank you Veterans.
Thank you so very much for your service and the sacrifices you made in the service of our country
And thanks to all who have served and are currently serving.
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Modas that was a great read....thank you
fellow vets
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To all Veterans and there loving familys
Freedom is never free
(note my Veterans Day avatar)
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Still kinda hard to believe that my little bro is a vet.
to the USMC.
Not a big fan of my father but he survived hell and I'm proud of that fact.
to all you Vietnam vets.
to all the Korean War vets. I wouldn't exist if it wasn't for them.
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To all you fellow jarheads, Semper Fi! Our birthday was yesterday. Today we give thanks to the many Veterans who have sacrificed so that the rest do not have to.
to all of you present and future Veterans.
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to all the other vets out there.
MiniD
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God Bless all Vet ANd active duty personel.
Even Marines LOL.
COme home save and soon.:aok
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Thank You
To all who served
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Happy Veterans Day
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OK went out on my lunch and hit 4grocery stores looking for VFW guys to donate to and shake their hands.
Did not find one... Whats up with that? :(
Still
I am just sorry I could not say thanks in person.
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Buy a Marine Lunch today!
;)
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Thanks to those who have served before.
Thanks to those who served with us.
Thanks to those who are serving now.
Thanks to those who will serve in the future.
A heartfelt to those who serve in perpetuity and did not return. May they know peace in their eternal service and rest in honor having given their last full measure.
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Happy Veterans Day :confused:
"Lest we forget"
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NEVAR FORGET!
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You're welcome.
to the rest of you vets. :)
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It is called "Remberance Day" here.
I took the two boys to the ceremony on Front Street. Sammi was on my shoulders and Trew was content to just stand.
I have to admit I got a bit teary eyed after I explained to Trew what it was all about.
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Thank you, veterans.