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A salute to all vets...

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Woof, I'm right there with you.

I am the son of a WWII Navy vet.
I am the grandson of a WWI Army vet.
I am the nephew of a WWII Army vet.
My brother-in-law was an Army vet.
My father-in-law was a WWII Navy vet.

I am proudly the father of a Petty Officer First Class sailor serving overseas. He is in his 11th year with the Navy.
 
ERWUC65 said:
Celebrating USMC Birthday today (#249), Veteran's Day tomorrow, and a UConn superfecta - Soccer, Field Hockey, and both Women's and Men's BB victories. What a weekend!!!
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Don't forget the football team's come back for the win on Friday night. Amazing weekend for UConn sports.
 
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The deacon said:
As the son of a World War I veteran (yes, WWI) gassed along the Belgian/French border in 1918, I'm wholeheartedly with you, Woof. Well said, and well deserved.
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Wow! As the son of a World War II veteran who served on Midway, Okinawa and Ie Shima I salute your father, honor my father and marvel at your longevity.
 
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My dad was in WWII Philippines. I served at Ft Bragg NC. Finance and Accounting main post 21/2 of my 3 years. I handled the finance records for the POWs who came back. In 1974 with 3 months left I was on an airstrip at Pope Airforce base headed to Afghanistan. President Ford rescinded and we didn’t go. I would’ve been extended a year.
 
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Let's see... Dad was a Korean War Veteran Marine. Had and uncle who was a Marine in Viet Nam. Cousin was a Navy Corpsman in Vietnam posted to a hospital ship. Another cousin was an MP in Germany during the cold war. Another uncle was a paratrooper in WWII who served occupation duty in Japan, and a great uncle who was in the European Theater during WWII. Going back even further, have a great grandfather and a great uncle who served in the Civil War on the Union side protecting the rail lines in the Shenandoah Valley. Yeah, Veteran's day is a big deal in my family.

God bless them all and all who have served the country with their willingness to give that "last full measure" if necessary to protect this country and her people.
 
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The deacon said:
As the son of a World War I veteran (yes, WWI) gassed along the Belgian/French border in 1918, I'm wholeheartedly with you, Woof. Well said, and well deserved.
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Woof 101 said:
A salute, tip of the cap and a touch of a beverage holder to all veterans. A day of thanks that all those that have allowed our citizens to speak English.
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We'd be speaking English even if we lost the Revolutionary War, but we would sound like Hugh Grant & Kate Winslet!
 
Family has a long history of Military Service:

Father - First Sergeant: 22 yr Army career. Fought in WW2 in the Philippines. After the war he was stationed in Los Alamos, NM (Nucellar Program) which prevented him from participating in Korea or Viet Nam.
Uncle - Staff Sergeant: 5 yr Army career. Fought in WW2 in Europe. Participated in D-Day Landings.
Father in Law - LTC: 24 yr Army career. Fought in Korea and Viet Nam. By the way he was Elvis Pressley's Company Commander in Basic Training (Ft. Hood, TX).
Me - Staff Sergeant: 7 yr Army. Military Police, assigned to the Army Presidential Helicopter Unit (Executive Flight Detachment) for 2 plus years and then MP at West Point, New York.
Daughter: 2 yr Peace Corp Health Teacher: Moldova
Brother: Spec 4: 3 yr Army. Engineer Corp, Germany
Brother in Law: WO4 22 yr Army. Criminal Investigative Division
Brother in Law: LTC 20 yr Army Medical Corp. Dessert Strom
Brother in Law: Chief 20 yr Navy Radio Tech

To each and every Veteran. God Bless you and hopefully you are all having a great and successful life.
 
Thanks to all you vets out there for you service to Country.

Father was in WWII stationed on the Aleutian Islands as a radio operator.
Two Uncles were part of Patton's surge into Germany, one died the other survived
Brother was a Navy Master Chief Petty Officer, was an seaman during the Cuban Missile crisis and part of the seals team that mined Hanoi Harbor, died on active duty in 77.
Brother was a Army Combat Medic in Viet Nam, wounded during Tet Offensive
Myself 24 years US Army, Retired MSG, with overseas tours in Germany, the Netherlands, Korea, Northern Iraq and Southern Turkey.
 
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I salute all of you who have served- many thanks!

My Dad: Army Air Corp 1943-45 Clark Field, Phillipines. B-24 bomber squadron.
Myself: USAF 1968-'72 Torrejon AB Spain
Brother - Army 1972- 75 Fort Carson, Colorado, Fort Richardson, Alaska
 
Scud49 said:
I salute all of you who have served- many thanks!

My Dad: Army Air Corp 1943-45 Clark Field, Phillipines. B-24 bomber squadron.
Myself: USAF 1968-'72 Torrejon AB Spain
Brother - Army 1972- 75 Fort Carson, Colorado, Fort Richardson, Alaska
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Four years in Spain must have been like Heaven, thanks for your service. Did you rib your brother about the weather difference between Spain and his tours of Forts Carson and Richardson?
 
MSGRET said:
Four years in Spain must have been like Heaven, thanks for your service. Did you rib your brother about the weather difference between Spain and his tours of Forts Carson and Richardson?
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Oh yes, but I did join him for a salmon fishing expedition in Alaska before he left. :)
 
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UConn used to have all of us veterans stand up during each game. There were about a dozen of us in the crowd of 10,000. Times have changed.
 
As a submariner for 20+ years [80's, 90's and 2000's], I also got to serve on Aircraft Carriers in the Pacific, preparing Carrier Battle Groups to go west, and conducting Navigation assist visits on numerous Pacific fast attack submarines.

I spent yesterday reading a Chaplain's [LT Carey Cash] account of the Marine 1st Battalion/5th Marine Regiment experience of God's protection of their "Journey" from Northern Kuwait to the central Baghdad Palace of Saddam Hussein in March - April 2003.

I have many "Hand of God" and Angels of protection stories from veterans from the 6 Day war to present time, but this book was riveting (needed to read it straight through). Its title is "A Table in the Presence." Truly, a great read explaining the power of prayer which releases the power of God into peoples lives. I need to contact the author to tell him "the rest of the story..."

The 104 Marines sent from the Communications Detachment in Indianapolis [to Iraqi Freedom] all returned safely to Indianapolis with the worst physical 'damage' of an emergency appendectomy, and he wanted to get back to the front line 12 hours after surgery. He ended up getting medevac'd to Ramstein and joined up with his "teammates" after THEY got back stateside.

We prayed for the Hand of God to protect them before they left, and while they were in theater - you need to read the book to find out what they went through on the wy to be the first Marines at the Palaces in Baghdad [I've seen the pictures of our guys - not included in the book]. They [our marines] were continuously on the front wave all the way to Baghdad, and this book was a chronicle of many of the things that happened to them on the way...
 
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