Do you have a certain Veteran that you will be thinking of tomorrow

[Jane]

My mother's only brother, Bob, was killed before I was born. He was a navigator and his plane was hit by a bomb hanging on a chain by a Japanese plane. He got most of his crew out before the plane went down but not himself. He died in the plane. Although I never met him or knew him, I feel like I have thru the stories my grandmother use to tell me about him and my mom. He was 10 years older than my mom and he loved to tease her as a young girl.

Tomorrow I will think of him and all the soldiers we have lost over the years thru war. Bob had a small daughter when he died and her mother took her out of my grandparents life and they never saw her again. My grandmother would cry sometimes when she talked about her granddaughter but I never understood then but do now. She not only lost her only son in the war but also her only grandchild at the time.

I am sure there is not a person on this board that has not lost someone to a war. So for all those souls who died and are long gone, I will remember them tomorrow. I hope everyone takes a few minutes tomorrow and remembers all those who have died for us and those who are still fighting for us. Without them and their sacrifices, we might not be here now, able to celebrate.

HAPPY VETERAN'S DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ocalasp76]

To All Veterans

My father and uncle were in the Navy during WWII. Dad passed 4 days before Thanksgiving in '95. My Uncle Doug is retired and living nearby. He re-joined the military after WWII ended due to jobs scarce. Retired from the Army after 28 years at the rank of Command Sergeant Major.
My uncle and I were in Viet Nam at the same time but in different areas. A little rough on my mother. Her only son and only brother in a war zone at the same time. i lost a good friend from high school in Nam. Steven Jumper was 18 and only in country for a very short time before his death in combat.

I am remembering all of them and friends made while in the Army for 7 years.

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE FOUGHT FOR IT,
FREEDOM HAS A TASTE THE PROTECTED WILL NEVER KNOW..unknown Marine, Korea

[flraceguy]

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE FOUGHT FOR IT,
FREEDOM HAS A TASTE THE PROTECTED WILL NEVER KNOW..unknown Marine, Korea

That statement is ever so true... For me it isn't just one Veteran, it is all Veterans... And being one myself, I understand more of what other people may not...

Have a great day to all and please take a moment to remember those who have sacrificed themselves for your freedoms... The cost is high and the rewards are very few...

[carolwicks]

All who serve....

I agree Duane. we must pray for and thank every single American who fought for this country. They have all given up a part of their lives. Some have given all.
my friends Linda & Don Jericka's son Christopher Jericka served in Iraq and then went back to do a stint in Africa.... even now he works very hard with Veteran projects and is taking courses in earth ecology projects. I kept in touch with Chris while he was overseas and i have always been so proud of the man, the soldier, the friend. God bless all of our military, past and present...... we live free because of them.

carolwicks aka OZ

[Andy S]

For us from the UK today is known as 'Armistice Day', with the big celebration held on the nearest Sunday to the 11th known as 'Remberance Sunday'. I still remember every 11th November at my old school, where the 'old boys' who'd been at the school during the First and Second World Wars came back to a special service we held in the school hall, and read out the list of former pupils who'd died fighting in those two wars. For a school with barely 400 students at the time that list was a very long one.

This is a particularly poignant Armistice Day for the UK as this is the first year with no surviving soldiers from WWI, the last three having passed away last year:


An article from the BBC on this

[Jane]

Yea know it is funny to me that my ex-husband was a Vietnam War veteran and I can still remember him telling me how hurt he was and other soldiers when they came home and there was no big welcome for them. They felt like we didn't care which was far from the truth but everyone was so against us being in Vietnam. But me, along with thousands, wore metal bracelets for the MIA's for years and I still have mine to this day.

To this day, my ex feels like no one cared what he did in Vietnam whether you were drafted back then or went in on your own. Most were drafted, in college, and young men who had no idea of what they really wanted in life. And I lost a few friends in Vietnam for sure.

Whether or not we agree with war and what our military does, we have to respect the men and women who go to faraway places and stand up for whatever the military asks of them. My son-in-law has been to Iraq and Afghanistan and will probably go back to Afghanistan next year sometime. He leaves behind his wife and two children and goes far away to a place he has never been to and misses his family every single day he is gone. My daughter tries to be brave and not show her kids how scared she really is but it is hard. It is not an easy life like some think at all.

So for all of those soldiers, men and women, and the families at home, my heart and prays go out to each and everyone of you. Those benefits that you get for not having your loved ones at home is really nothing in the long run and I know it is not easy for any of you. May God bless you all and keep you.

Jane

[Kerrmintor]

Being a Desert Storm Veteran, I was thinking of all current troops and veterans. I wlll be thinking of Andrew Triplett who I served with on the USS Ticonderoga and Uss Cole. Andrew was one of the 19 killed when the Cowards ran into the Cole with explosives. Andrew was a good friend and shipmate and when my youngest daughter was born while we were down in South America waters doing drug ops, we illegally smoked cigars on the flight deck of the frigate together in Katies honor. Andrew knew I was down in the dumps not being there for Katies birth, but he made me laugh for a few minutes and took my mind off of everything. Tripp, you will always be remembered by me as a great shipmate and a better friend. God Bless your wife and 4 daughters, your an American Hero in my thoughts.

[Jane]

Like I said before, my Uncle Bob who I never met, save alot of his fellow crew members on that plane. But out of the 4 or 5 he saved, 2 took their own lives because they could not live with what had happened and the fact that Bob died saving them. But I have been lucky enough to meet one of the guys and he was extremely nice and told me about my Uncle who I never met.
Just like you Randy, there are certain people who touch our lives and we will never forget. My Uncle Bob was my hero and yet I never had the chance to know him at all thanks to a Japanese bomb hanging from a plane.

[Kerrmintor]

My father and uncle were in the Navy during WWII. Dad passed 4 days before Thanksgiving in '95. My Uncle Doug is retired and living nearby. He re-joined the military after WWII ended due to jobs scarce. Retired from the Army after 28 years at the rank of Command Sergeant Major.
My uncle and I were in Viet Nam at the same time but in different areas. A little rough on my mother. Her only son and only brother in a war zone at the same time. i lost a good friend from high school in Nam. Steven Jumper was 18 and only in country for a very short time before his death in combat.

I am remembering all of them and friends made while in the Army for 7 years.

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE FOUGHT FOR IT,
FREEDOM HAS A TASTE THE PROTECTED WILL NEVER KNOW..unknown Marine, Korea

Ocala, great quote:

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE FOUGHT FOR IT,
FREEDOM HAS A TASTE THE PROTECTED WILL NEVER KNOW..unknown Marine, Korea

God Bless the United States of America and Racing and Hot Dogs and Andy Griffith show and Moon Pies and RC Cola! Have a great day.

[Frasson118]

I had never before thought of one certain person on Veterans Day... but from now it, I will remember John (Jack) Cromwell.

Jack was my girlfriends Father... a WW-II Marine, and a Damn proud one at that.

Unfortunately, he left us just yesterday morning around 12:20 AM... ON Veterans Day. If given the choice, he could not have picked a better day for himself to expire. Jack was one of the Few, one of the Proud, and he was no doubt, all US Marine. He was a great man I will miss dearly.

Jack didn't give his life IN the Military, but he spent another 60 years after his discharge supporting the Troops, his God, and his Country.... if that doesn't make him a US Military Veteran to remember, I don't know what does!

I already miss you Jack... and you will NEVER be forgotten!

[Kerrmintor]

I had never before thought of one certain person on Veterans Day... but from now it, I will remember John (Jack) Cromwell.

Jack was my girlfriends Father... a WW-II Marine, and a Damn proud one at that.

Unfortunately, he left us just yesterday morning around 12:20 AM... ON Veterans Day. If given the choice, he could not have picked a better day for himself to expire. Jack was one of the Few, one of the Proud, and he was no doubt, all US Marine. He was a great man I will miss dearly.

Jack didn't give his life IN the Military, but he spent another 60 years after his discharge supporting the Troops, his God, and his Country.... if that doesn't make him a US Military Veteran to remember, I don't know what does!

I already miss you Jack... and you will NEVER be forgotten!

Frasson, My prayers go out to you and your girlfriends family. Mr Cromwell was a American Hero in my books, and I believe any Vet would be proud to go out on Veterans day! I always tell my children, I might not have much in life, but I have the Lord, My Family, My Friends and I do have a American Flag Reserved for my casket when the Big Man above calls my name.