THANKS to our Vets

[uncledj]

Looks like I get to be the first to thank our Vets. I never felt the call, and have never served, but I thank God that my Dad WWII and older brother Vietnam came back.

We all owe our Vets a great debt.

THANK YOU for your service.

[Drews]

THANK YOU VETS.

[rbig1]

very much thankful. I never went in but nothing was going on. hats off. THANKS FOR MAKING AMERICA GREAT

[Rmar]

very much thankful. I never went in but nothing was going on. hats off. THANKS FOR MAKING AMERICA GREAT

 

So thankful to all who served and are now serving to keep our Freedom! Have a Happy and Blessed Day.

[bill in mn]

Thanks

[BigLenny]

Thank You Thank You Thank You!!!

 

You Veteran guys and gals are all studs.........and stud-ettes.

[CaseyJ955]

Yes!

Thank you!

 

We love to complain when things get nuts but we do have it pretty darn good. Powerful illustration by the way.

[stanG]

ThanksVets.bmp

 

Enough said.

[BlueSky]

I'm a Viet Nam era US Army veteran but I didn't serve in Viet Nam. I was stationed in S. Korea instead. I lost a friend in VN and a cousin came home with a bullet wound in the abdomen. He made a full recovery. Another friend had a helmet shot off his head but wasn't injured. He brought the helmet home with him as a souvenir. Just about everybody my age knew someone who died over there, over 50,000 killed. I was fortunate that I didn't go to VN. And I am so grateful to the veterans who keep us safe. We can't do enough for our wounded veterans!

[snyper316]

I was gonna start a thread and found this thanks to all who served our country and god bless you all.

 

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[Venturous Randy]

I graduated high school in 1968 and Vietnam was a big part of our lives then. Every evening on the news body counts were given and I lost guys that were school buds or neighbors. Even the guy that my ex wife went to her senior prom with was killed in Vietnam. It was like a big dark cloud over everything we did.

My dad joined the Navy at 16 and and was in Times Square when Pear Harbor was bombed. When the war ended, he was in Guadal Canal. I turned 18 in Sept 68 and knew I wanted to go into the military and joined the USAF in Jan 69. A good part of my service was in eastern North Carolina, but I did end up in Ubon, Thailand in 72, which was 30 miles from Laos and 45 miles from Cambodia. It was pretty secure but did get hit by rockets and a group of sabatures came on base to blow up the AC130 Gunships that were giving the Ho Chi Min trail hell. They were killed out on the flightline. As I was coming home and came thru San Fransisco Airport, it was suggested that I take my uniform off. That was not a consideration for me, but did give me a wakeup call on how soldiers were going to be treated for many years. When my son turned 18, I did not even suggest joining the military.

As I am getting older, now 66, and look back on my life, I am really glad I gave them four years. I have used the benefits I earned and was able to get a BS degree and about a third of my Masters before I ran out of GI Bill. I also only live about two miles from a beautiful Veterans Administration that has taken very good care of me. It has allowed me to not have to worry about Obamacare, as a lot of seniors do. Also, both my parents are buried there.

I want to say that it does mean a great deal to me when I see folks thank veterans. This is so different as to when I got out of the military and I hope it is never like that again.

Randy