Memorial Day~ To those who have served

And may God bless America. Ken (U.S.Navy CT3 1962-1966)

Here's to all our service men and women, the peace makers as well as the Emt's docs, police and all 1st responders making sure we have a safe a happy Memorial.
Cheers~

ETA: and to their families who so generously share them with the world.

kimmi said:

Here's to all our servuce man and womaen, the peace makers as well as the Emt's docs, police and all 1st responders making sure we have a safe a happy Memorial.
Cheers~

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Dang woman, put the bottle down before replying.

SpookyWriter said:

Dang woman, put the bottle down before replying.

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Ohhh Jon-tis sweet tea, I sweeerrr! damn spelling police

I posted a thank you and a brief personal tribute on rubbarb's Memorial day thread (er. . .should they be combined?) But I'll say thank you again, because really, it can't be said often enough--on any day of the year.


Thank you!

Cassiopeia, it was an honor to serve my country. This is the greatest country in the world, and our freedom comes at a cost. Many have paid the ultimate price for our freedom. To those I can only say "thank you" and say a silent prayer in there memory.

What the others have said and my thoughts & prayers go out to everyone who is serving our country and keeping us safe. Thank you!

You're welcome, Ma'am. Proud to have been of service!

My heartfelt thanks to you rubarbb.

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Aw gee, it was nothin'...

thanx

To my American and coalition friends who I had the pleasure of serving with during the initial ground war Iraq 2003, and in other theatres in times a past, your courage and the times that bound us together as one will always be with me. For those still serving - be strong, be safe.

JJ

Freedom isn't free

Great thanks to Kim for starting this thread, and to all those who have said such nice things.

I, too, had the privilege of serving my country. I volunteered, '69-'72. The Army sent me to Germany. I got to go on a military sponsored tour of Berlin and spent a full day behind The Wall. I wrote about it here.

For those interested, you can read about many of our nation's greatest heroes here.

There's a novel in every citation. Maybe if we learn about real heroes, and the sacrifices they make--and the scars it leaves on them, their families and our nation--we won't be so eager to send our young men and women into the jaws of such horror.

'58 to '60--Germany. Fortunate enough to fall between wars.

We're seldom eager to send our folks to horror. Sometimes reality makes it happen.

And sometimes stupidity.

Oops. '58 to '61.

The older I get the more forgetful I get.

'78-2001 - glad to be here, proud to have served. Got to go to Desert Storm.

War is the scariest thing I have ever seen.

Rich, looks like we're the oldtimers here. USAF 1959-1963, USAFR 1963-1966, 1972-1991

66-69. US Army. South Korea. I know. I know. There was another little conflict going on then, but I just went where I was told. Spent the following year in Maine. Someone had to guard the border against those pesky Canadians.