Veterans Day

[sablebrush52]

Happy Verteran's Day! Bless those who've served.

 

[mso489]

My dad was a minesweeper skipper in WWII in the Philippines; his brother/my uncle was a landing craft officer at the Tarawa landing, the first U.S. amphibious landing in WWII; my mom's cousin was killed as a tank crewman in Patton's tank corps; my late wife's father was an infantryman in the Battle of the Bulge; my wife's dad was in the trenches as a teenage cook in WWI with Pershings army and suffered the rest of his life from poison gas, and my wife's considerably older cousin was with the Army Corps of Engineers at the Battle of the Bulge building airfields under fire. Veterans are a good fraternity.

 

[ssjones]

A heartfelt thanks on Veterans Day to all our members who served.

We remember my father on this day, a retired SGM. This is him in Vietnam in 1969 (he was 50 years old!), 26th Infantry. And his final resting place at ANC.

 

[tbradsim1]

Did a tour in S Asia in the early sixties, was in Norfolk Naval hospital where a nurse bought me a pipe from the gedunk, smoked it in the janitors closet at night. My Oldest son 82 Airbone was in Desert Storm, also jumped with the old timers for the 50th in Normandy, my twin daughter was a Crew Chief on a Gun ship. My fathers brother fought from Africa to Germany. I love this Country, DONT burn the Flag around me!

 

[JOHN72]

Happy Veterans Day. Here's to those brave men and women. May God bless them, wherever they may be.

 

[tbradsim1]

Son and Daughter, my pictures got destroyed by a Hurricane.

 

[AJL67]

Hope my fellow vets had a spectacular day.

 

[jttnk]

I did not serve, but thank all that have and do. Thank you, apologies for the late acknowledgement

 

[OverMountain]

I think one of the best ways to thank a veteran is to live a happy and meaningful life that makes your family, neighborhood, and country a better and stronger place.

 

[cigrmaster]

Thank you to all who have served.

 

[Derby]

I've got quite a robust military history in my family as well @pipestud

I served 9 in the USCG and another 3 in the TXSG. My wife retired from the USCG w/20. My little brother did a hitch in the Army. Two of my uncles served; one a Marine the other in the Navy. Two cousins were both Naval aviators. Both of my grandfathers were Navy men, one continued on as a Merchant Marine.

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This is us last year at her retirement ceremony.

Good on you both. Thank you.

 

[Derby]

To all my Brothers and Sisters, WELL DONE and THANK YOU

 

[Briar’s Echo]

Hope my fellow vets had a spectacular day.

Same to you and thank you. Welcome home.

 

[warren]

SsJones: You put a tear in my eye with the cemetery pic. Yes sir! A real tear. Make sure she knows all about him.