Thank you veterans!!
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Yes thank you all veterans. In case most didn’t know but a ww 2 veteran originally from red cloud ne he was on the uss Arizona passed away in February at 98, I believe two men are still alive that served aboard the arizona
I was in high school at the height of the Vietnam war. A classmate lost her dad on his flight to come home when his chopper was shot down . Friends lost older brothers. I was scared sh##less about getting drafted and sent over and then Nixon pulled us out and they ended the draft right before I turned 18. I can not fathom the level of commitment to our country that people made by joining the military over the years.
More recently the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan has cost the lives of people I've known. Others were permanently disabled. They were people with young children. They had no idea that when they signed up originally for the National Guard that they would be fighting overseas. Yet when their tours were over, many of them thought that the cause was worthy enough to re-enlist. There is no amount of financial reward that can repay the sacrifice or even potential for sacrifice that our service members have made and continue to make.
Thank you thank you thank you to our veterans and current service members including our national guardsmen.
More recently the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan has cost the lives of people I've known. Others were permanently disabled. They were people with young children. They had no idea that when they signed up originally for the National Guard that they would be fighting overseas. Yet when their tours were over, many of them thought that the cause was worthy enough to re-enlist. There is no amount of financial reward that can repay the sacrifice or even potential for sacrifice that our service members have made and continue to make.
Thank you thank you thank you to our veterans and current service members including our national guardsmen.
I was born in 55 so I think I was part of the last year to have to register for the draft before it was re-instated many years later. The thought of going to the Viet Nam War scared be up to about my junior year of high school and then it became clear that wasn't going to happen.
My dad was a bombardier in the Air Force (Army Air Corp) during WWII but didn't see any action. One of my best friend's dad from Lincoln was a gunner in WWII based in England. He saw too much action. He was one of the nicest men I've ever known and after the hell he went though in the skies over Germany he had every right to be an awful man. Can you imagine be 18-19 years old flying in a tin can of a plane that was lumbering along as the Germans were shooting all that flak at you? The terror! We all lost him this past spring at the age of 94.
I worked with lots of Vietnam vets. Most of them rarely talked about it. I had one guy in my department who let's just say always found the easy way to get through life (Nothing wrong with that). The other Viet Nam vets would get so mad at him when he would be telling his tales of his time in Nam. (These vets would quietly and almost bitterly tell me their time there was certainly not like his). He was radioman at a large headquarters that was very secure. He claimed he loved his time at the base. He reported he never saw the jungle. He had a woman cleaning his living quarters and providing him with extra services. According to him it was all steaks and beer when not on duty. (I always took note that he never signed up to go back for another tour).
Hats off to the veterans. Hope they all find peace and happiness.
When you think of who's protecting this great nation, it is us. It's been 26 years since I got out. Can't tell you the feelings I get when I meet a fellow veteran. I want to know what they did.
My family can trace our service back to the Civil War. Someone in my family served as a Union Major from Upstate New York (near the finger lakes). He commanded a black regiment out of Alabama. I remember relatives with missing limbs from the Great War. I lost a couple of relatives in the Pacific in WWII. One at Guadalcanal and one in Okinawa.
My father was in the Army Air Corps at the tail end of WWII and later when it became the Air Force. He was part of the Berlin Airlift Campaign. I had an uncle that did three tours in the infantry in Nam. He was awarded the Bronze Star. My sister was a Marine. She was an aviation mechanic for F-18s. I have a nephew who is currently serving in the Marines. I'm sure I'm missing some others.
Today is my day and for all who served. I took today off and slept in. Went and got a free steak dinner voucher from Texas Roadhouse and then went to BJ's for lunch. I'm planning on getting another freebie for dinner. I'm not doing the free haircut thing, though. Did that one year and it was the worst haircut. LOL
Again, when you think of who's protecting this great nation...
My family can trace our service back to the Civil War. Someone in my family served as a Union Major from Upstate New York (near the finger lakes). He commanded a black regiment out of Alabama. I remember relatives with missing limbs from the Great War. I lost a couple of relatives in the Pacific in WWII. One at Guadalcanal and one in Okinawa.
My father was in the Army Air Corps at the tail end of WWII and later when it became the Air Force. He was part of the Berlin Airlift Campaign. I had an uncle that did three tours in the infantry in Nam. He was awarded the Bronze Star. My sister was a Marine. She was an aviation mechanic for F-18s. I have a nephew who is currently serving in the Marines. I'm sure I'm missing some others.
Today is my day and for all who served. I took today off and slept in. Went and got a free steak dinner voucher from Texas Roadhouse and then went to BJ's for lunch. I'm planning on getting another freebie for dinner. I'm not doing the free haircut thing, though. Did that one year and it was the worst haircut. LOL
Again, when you think of who's protecting this great nation...
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I had a chance to play professional baseball, but decided to go to school as my draft lottery number was 52. Didn't like my chances.
