Posted November 11, 2016 (edited) To all the past, and the present armed forces members who have served our great country on this Veterans Day. As the daughter, grand-daughter, and great-granddaughter and niece ,etc. of fine gentlemen who served, I want to shout out to them that I thank them for their service. This is heart felt and I am glad they came home. Edited November 11, 2016 by Jez UaBriain 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 11, 2016 You're welcome. It was a privilege to serve. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 11, 2016 8 minutes ago, Bit Banger said: You're welcome. It was a privilege to serve. Thank you for your service 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 11, 2016 It was a privilege to serve. I won't claim it was all fun (twice in Nam), but it wasn't all that bad. I did have six nice years in Germany and my kids got to see a lot of Europe. The worst part was coming home from Nam and being treated like scum. My wife really took that part to heart. Rememberr that not only did the Vets serve their families did also. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 11, 2016 1 hour ago, pointymoustache said: The worst part was coming home from Nam and being treated like scum. That was one of the most shameful chapters in our history. The public's beef was with policy, not those who served. They shouldn't have taken it out on you. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 11, 2016 (edited) And yet we continue this disregard for those who served. This evening I was watching a locally (FL) produced piece titled "Charle Foxtrot". It dealt with servicemen returning from multiple tours in the Middle East with PTSD. When their issues manifest themselves, these soldiers are given Less Than Honorable discharges and denied benefits. The VA says that they aren't veterans. Talk about a cluster fuck! I give my thanks to ALL who served, in all theaters for defending our way of life. 10th Special Forces Group, & HQ, 3/12th Infantry, 4th ID (II Corps, RVN) Edited November 11, 2016 by Bit Banger 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 12, 2016 Thank You all for your support ! The last 2 days started with volunteer work at Bill Daniels Veterans Service Center, by Volunteers of America. While helping to setup and serve meals to veterans, I had the pleasure of meeting the Honor Guard, American GI Forum; Denver Chapter. Long story short I meet a couple of Army guys. One was gunner on "Slicks" and part of the Lam Son 719 Operation into Laos, early 1971. Bit Banger this may interest you, I was stationed at Pleiku airbase, March 1970 until I deros September 1970. The airbase served as a stagging area for Operation Tame the West, May 1970. Being a perimeter guard with no infantry training, and one of the few Air Force Security Policeman to be in firefight, and hugging the ground from heavy 51 Cal fire, and the sniper fire. I am blessed to be here. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 12, 2016 Thank you, to all vets, whether older or young, peacetime, or wartime... you have protected our children, families, and way of life. May you be blessed the rest of your life! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 12, 2016 Thanks for all your kind words but remember that us vets could never do our job without the outstanding support of the American people. Even though you may not believe in the conflict I have always felt that the majority of people I meet support the troops in many ways and for that I thank you. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 14, 2016 We always forget about Armistice Day. Veterans Day is very important but Armistice gets overshadowed. With all the crazy talk going on Armistice Day is a moment to remember. Tryna post the Vonnegut quote but I am special. Let's just not ever forget the eleventh hour on the eleventh day when war went silent. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted November 14, 2016 "I will come to a time in my backwards trip when November eleventh, accidentally my birthday, was a sacred day called Armistice Day. When I was a boy, and when Dwayne Hoover was a boy, all the people of all the nations which had fought in the First World War were silent during the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour of Armistice Day, which was the eleventh day of the eleventh month. It was during that minute in nineteen hundred and eighteen, that millions upon millions of human beings stopped butchering one another. I have talked to old men who were on battlefields during that minute. They have told me in one way or another that the sudden silence was the Voice of God. So we still have among us some men who can remember when God spoke clearly to mankind. Armistice Day has become Veterans’ Day. Armistice Day was sacred. Veterans’ Day is not. So I will throw Veterans’ Day over my shoulder. Armistice Day I will keep. I don’t want to throw away any sacred things." Kurt Vonnegut 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 4, 2016 Pfunk thank you that is beautiful!!! I love my vets!!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites