Lest We Forget

[piper64]

During this rememberence / Veterans weekend I will be lighting a pipe and thinking of all servicemen/women past and present. I will especially remember two special people who died while on duty with me..You are forever in our thoughts.

 

[ashdigger]

You have my condolences, prayers and absolute support.

 

[cortezattic]

It's good to set aside a time to ponder the enormous loss and suffering endured to preserve our nation. Many thanks to all the veterans still around to receive them, and many prayers for those beyond our reach.

 

[jaytex1969]

GI grits and GI gravy
GI wish I'd joined the navy!
Happy Veteran's Day, my brothers and sisters in arms!
Free haircut tomorrow at Great Clips or Sport Clips for vets.
Lots of food discounts also. Google veterans day freebies.
So, tomorrow, I get fatter and balder... :mrgreen:
Thank you, society, for treating us better than you did those fellows 50 years ago!

 

[timt]

Happy veteran's day Jay. You're alright in my book.

 

[mso489]

Thanks to all my fellow vets still with us, and to those in the military, and respect and gratitude to all those who have gone before.

 

[tbradsim1]

Proud and Somber day for me. Didn't have too good a welcome in the 60s.

 

[madox07]

I always apprenticed the US for having this holiday. In my country we have "army day" or "navy day" or what not .. but they are somewhat reminiscent of communist holidays. In spite of the fact that the country is filled with monuments in memory of the fallen, we don't have a particular holiday. IN my region each village has monuments mentioning the names of all fallen from that particular village in ww1 and ww2 operations, but .. a national day for ALL Romanians fallen in our national wars ... Non the less, God bless your veterans, guys.

 

[ssjones]

A special thanks and raised to all of our veterans, past & present.
This will be the first Veterans Day without Pap. 33 years in the US Army, a retired SGM. He passed away one year ago. Still waiting on interment at Arlington, but we finally have a date scheduled, Feb 1st, with full military honors.
Here's a shot from Veterans Day 2015 and him in 1969, 1st Infantry, Blue Spaders (he was 50 years old at the time).

 

[mso489]

Senior enlisted guys keep the whole organization pasted together.

 

[jravenwood]

Hear hear, my flag has been up since Friday, thanks to all who served past and present .

 

[butsiethesungo]

Ssjones,
Great picture of your dad. Reminds me of my grandpa. Very sorry for your loss.
Yes, I raise my pipe to all veterans—past and present!

 

[npod]

I’m with Dad this weekend. Vietnam vet. I try very hard to see him in person each Vets Day.

 

[mikethompson]

So, great shot. I remember you posted his luggage trunk a while ago too right?

 

[ssjones]

Yep, we retained a few of his footlockers. This one, from the early 60's is now an ottoman in our family room.

 

[tbradsim1]

Al that is a treasure for sure. This morning I’m thinking of my Fathers brother who fought from Africa to Germany, was pinned in a foxhole somewhere in Germany, water up to his chest, 2 dead Germans with him and a sniper in a bell tower, couldn’t get out, finally Patton’s tanks blasted the tower, he was sent to England to recoup from wounds. He was kind of off kilter when he came back, it wasn’t till I came back from SAsia that I appreciated what he went thru. To all the people that served whether in combat or not, THANK YOU.

 

[yohanan]

 

[mso489]

Maybe this is a Memorial Day comment more than a Veterans Day comment, but when I hear about men and women who were lost in wars at age 19, 21, 28, 35, and so on ... I quickly think back on how much life has happened for me between those ages and the present, and I mourn for them and those truncated lives. We have lost so many talents, so much energy, and so many progeny they would have had. People don't have to be Mozart or Hawking to be part of the mosaic of human culture.

 

[mso489]

Maybe this is a Memorial Day comment more than a Veterans Day comment, but when I hear about men and women who were lost in wars at age 19, 21, 28, 35, and so on ... I quickly think back on how much life has happened for me between those ages and the present, and I mourn for them and those truncated lives. We have lost so many talents, so much energy, and so many progeny they would have had. People don't have to be Mozart or Hawking to be part of the mosaic of human culture.

 

[ssjones]

Our local paper ran a collection of headlines about guys wounded or lost in battle from our hometown.
Did anyone see the trailer for this upcoming Peter Jackson documentary, using remastered footage? It looks amazing.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/11/us/peter-jackson-world-war-i-documentary/index.html