What does Veterans Day mean to you? On Veterans Day and all year long it is important to give thanks, honor & respect to the many brave men and women who have served our country. We welcome you to add your thoughts and comments about what Veterans Day means to you, about people who serve or have served in the U.S. Military, along with how you and your family honored the Holiday. Many of these posts will be shared on VetFriends.com and with television stations and newspapers. Thank you for your service.
God Bless all my fellow Veterans.I served during the late 1970's in the U.S.A.F. I will never forget the people who I would have laid down my life for and the honor of wearing my country's uniform. God Bless all my fellow Veterans: past, present and...
God Bless all my fellow Veterans.I served during the late 1970's in the U.S.A.F. I will never forget the people who I would have laid down my life for and the honor of wearing my country's uniform. God Bless all my fellow Veterans: past, present and future and God Bless our troops and families serving today. May God protect and watch over the United States of America, the greatest country in the world.
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Teach the youth of America about our VETERANSVETERANS DAY is a very important day to me and my family. If it wasn't for the VETERANS then we wouldn't be enjoying the FREEDOMS that we have in the USA today and the world would be a chaotic mess. Our ...
Teach the youth of America about our VETERANSVETERANS DAY is a very important day to me and my family. If it wasn't for the VETERANS then we wouldn't be enjoying the FREEDOMS that we have in the USA today and the world would be a chaotic mess. Our VETERANS and our ALLIES have made this a better world. We would be speaking Japanese or German today or be under Communistic domination if not for them. Our FREEDOMS would be a thing of the past. I'm honored to be able to go out to area schools and participate in VETERANS DAY programs. I encourage the students to find out who in their family is a veteran and to record their military career so that it can be passed on from one generation to the next. If we fail to " Pass it on " then it will be lost forever. Every basic right and freedom we have today has been paid for with the blood, sweat & tears of VETERANS. My great-grandpa Gentrup served in the Civil War, his son, my grandpa, served in the Spanish-American War and I have the Civil War discharge papers and the Spanish-American War Basic Training picture. My great uncle served in WWI and my father-in-law served in England, France, Belgium and Germany during WWII. I served with the 25th Infantry Division at Cu Chi, Vietnam for one year in 1967-68. My brother-in-law served during the Vietnam War in England and then in Thailand in the Air Force. I'm proud to be an AMERICAN VETERAN and so proud of the sacrifices the veterans have made. I lost 2 classmates in Vietnam and I'll make sure that they are never forgotten. We need to teach the youth of America about our VETERANS and to show them respect. We also must teach them to respect the American Flag and teach them what it represents. I ask God to bless our VETERANS, those living and those who have passed on, bless our troops serving today and may God Bless the UNITED STATES of AMERICA.
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HAPPY VETS DAY TO MY BROTHERS AND SISTERSVeterans Day is special to my entire family...father - U.S. NAVY (WWII), older brother - U.S. ARMY, younger brother - U.S. MARINE CORPS (VIETNAM) and myself - U.S. AIR FORCE (VIETNAM). We all served proudly a...
HAPPY VETS DAY TO MY BROTHERS AND SISTERSVeterans Day is special to my entire family...father - U.S. NAVY (WWII), older brother - U.S. ARMY, younger brother - U.S. MARINE CORPS (VIETNAM) and myself - U.S. AIR FORCE (VIETNAM). We all served proudly as did many other members of the same family. Except for my deceased father, we all participate in Veterans Day activities to honor each other as well as our brothers and sisters in arms. Its very refreshing for a stranger to approach you with "thank you for serving"; it makes all the sacrafices endured worth while. HAPPY VETS DAY TO MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
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Thanks again for keeping this land free.Here is to the Vets that served our country and fought for our land of the free. God Bless all of you that have served, are serving, and will be serving. Thanks again for keeping this land free. GOD BLESS YO...
Thanks again for keeping this land free.Here is to the Vets that served our country and fought for our land of the free. God Bless all of you that have served, are serving, and will be serving. Thanks again for keeping this land free. GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!
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I think this is a wonderful to remember all the veterans who have served. I am not a veteran but I just want to thank them for all there hard work and effort they put in to it. God Bless America and all the people who have died in serving;ect. THAN...
I think this is a wonderful to remember all the veterans who have served. I am not a veteran but I just want to thank them for all there hard work and effort they put in to it. God Bless America and all the people who have died in serving;ect. THANK YOU!!! <3
To appreciate what our military has done for us.What Veterans Day means to me is a day for everyone to appreciate what our military has done for us. And how they put their lives to risk for us. It is a day to just honor what the military men and wome...
To appreciate what our military has done for us.What Veterans Day means to me is a day for everyone to appreciate what our military has done for us. And how they put their lives to risk for us. It is a day to just honor what the military men and women have done!!
For everyone who serves us.......... YOU ROCK!! :)Colby Walden
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I am glad to call myself a Veteran of a Foreign War! I joined the army because I saw a better future. I was good at Carpentry for what I did there. I was yelled at ignorantly, so I decided I'd become more honorable. My entire service has been on a w...
I am glad to call myself a Veteran of a Foreign War! I joined the army because I saw a better future. I was good at Carpentry for what I did there. I was yelled at ignorantly, so I decided I'd become more honorable. My entire service has been on a waiver because of my P 3 profile, I still doube time it though. I did a year tour in O.I.F. I never fired my weapon in country, but I sure had great aim. I believe I am looked at more respectivly, and my future pay will reflect. I am glad to call myself a Veteran of a Foreign War!
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We should always honor them.Veterans Day is very important to me because my grandfather was in the Navy. They put forth such hard work and effort to keep our country safe. We should always honor them.
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We should always honor them.Veterans Day is very important to me because my grandfather was in the Navy. They put forth such hard work and effort to keep our country safe. We should always honor them.
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Viviane Lindeolsson, FL
Thank you is never enough.Because I was born in Belgium, I make a point to attend a Veterans Day Parade or watch a wreath laid out at a monument or on the water, in whatever State I happen to be traveling in. I always have warm thoughts for the peopl...
Thank you is never enough.Because I was born in Belgium, I make a point to attend a Veterans Day Parade or watch a wreath laid out at a monument or on the water, in whatever State I happen to be traveling in. I always have warm thoughts for the people who where hurt physically and emotionally in this most dreadful war. I am always emotional remembering the men and women who died to liberate my old country, the camps where some of my family perished and the slaughter of Malmedy. I cry for lives lost in Korea, Vietnam and the first Iraq war, and for the loss of innocence of brave people.
I will never pass a wonderful vet holding poppies without giving a donation and displaying proudly those red flowers of courage. Thank you is never enough.
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I appreciate what you do for us every minute of the day.THANK YOU to each and every one of you that have served our country well!
THANK YOU to each of you that are now serving our country well!
I appreciate what you do for us every minute of the da...
I appreciate what you do for us every minute of the day.THANK YOU to each and every one of you that have served our country well!
THANK YOU to each of you that are now serving our country well!
I appreciate what you do for us every minute of the day.
HOORAH!
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thank a Veteran today and tomorrow!! You'd be surprised at what a "Thank You" will mean to them.There are so many of us Americans that fly our flag because we love the United States of America. So often we forget what this country stands for and ho...
thank a Veteran today and tomorrow!! You'd be surprised at what a "Thank You" will mean to them.There are so many of us Americans that fly our flag because we love the United States of America. So often we forget what this country stands for and how we got this freedom and how we continue to keep it. Our Veterans and those that are active duty have fought to keep us free. They have risked their lives, lost their lives and put their lives in danger so that we may be free. Free to speak what we want, free to go wherever we want, free to practice whatever religion we want, etc..
Our military families have done without their spouses because they are fighting for what we have today. Many have lost their husbands, wives, brothers, sisters and children for our freedom. Many do not believe in war. Personally, I don't like war. Who does? But we have to continue to fight to keep our freedom. We have to fight for the underdog every now and then. No matter what we feel politically, we need to support our troops. Honor those who have already fought their wars, and thank them each and every day. Not just on Veterans Day, but every day. If you can, find a way to thank those that are serving today. I thank the good Lord above that we have a day to honor our Veterans.
My family is full of military. My husband was a Navy Seal, my father was in the Navy, my uncles, cousins, grandfather. Too many to list!!!
My Dad is our local American Legion Commander. I am our local American Legion Auxiliary President. I am honored to serve in any manner that I can.
So, if you can, thank a Veteran today and tomorrow!! You'd be surprised at what a "Thank You" will mean to them.
Our Veterans are a National treasureThis is a salute to all of our wonderful Veterans. Freedom isn't free, and because of the Veterans we have the United States of America. My Daddy is a World War II Veteran - Normandy - Battle of the Bulge. My t...
Our Veterans are a National treasureThis is a salute to all of our wonderful Veterans. Freedom isn't free, and because of the Veterans we have the United States of America. My Daddy is a World War II Veteran - Normandy - Battle of the Bulge. My two brothers Vietnam and Phillipines. Thank God for our Veterans. Uncommon Valor was a common virtue. Our Veterans are a National treasure.
For God & Country
Ruth Ann Wilson
Dayton, Tn.
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Each of us were a part of a whole and were important.Veteran's Day is a time when all of us who have served can wear our colors and be proud of what we were no matter where or when we were in or what our job was. Each of us were a part of a whole and...
Each of us were a part of a whole and were important.Veteran's Day is a time when all of us who have served can wear our colors and be proud of what we were no matter where or when we were in or what our job was. Each of us were a part of a whole and were important. The best of all is that we are a part of a select group of people...we are veterans! Let's be proud and tell our stories, there are people who really want to know.
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Because of you HEROSMy father, Woodrow W Curtis, was a 1st Sgt, KIA in Korea in 1951. He was a hero along with ALL that served. I think of this poem written by A. Lawrence Vaincourt when I think of vets.
He was getting old and paunchy and his hair...
Because of you HEROSMy father, Woodrow W Curtis, was a 1st Sgt, KIA in Korea in 1951. He was a hero along with ALL that served. I think of this poem written by A. Lawrence Vaincourt when I think of vets.
He was getting old and paunchy and his hair was falling fast, and he sat around the Legion, telling stories of the past. Of a war that he had fought in the deeds that he had done, In his exploits with his buddies; they were heros everyone.
And tho' sometimes, to his neighbors, his tales became a joke, all his legion buddies listened, for they knew whereof he spoke. But we'll hear his tales no longer for old Bill has passed away, and the world's a little poorer for a soldier died today.
He will not be mourned by many, just his children and his wife, for he lived an ordinary and quietuneventful life. Held a job and raised a family, going his own way, and the world won't note his passing, though a soldier died today.
When politicians leave this earth, their bodies lie in state, while thousands note their passing and proclaim that they were great. Papers tell their whole life stories, from the time that they were young, but the passing of a soldier goes unnoticed and unsung.
Is the greatest contribution to the welfare of our land a guy who breaks his promises and cons his fellow man? Or the ordinary fellow who, in times of war and strife, goes off to serve his Country and offers up his life?
A politician's stipend and the style in which he lives are sometimes disproportionate to the service that he gives. While the ordinary soldier, who offered up his all, is paid off with a medal and perhaps, a pension small.
It's easy to forget them for it was so long ago, that the old Bills of our Country went to battle, but we know it was not the politicians, with their compromise and ploys, who won for us the freedom that our country now enjoys.
Should you find yourself in danger, with your enemies at hand, would you want a politician with his ever-shifting stand? Or would you prefer a soldier, who has sworn to defend his home, his kin and country and would fight until the end?
He was just a common soldier and his ranks are growing thin, but his prescence should remind us we may need his like again. For when countries are in conflict, then we find the soldier's part is to clean up all the troubles that the politicians start.
If we cannot do him honor while he's here to hear the praise, then at least let's give him homage at the ending of his days. Perhaps just a simple headline in a paper that would say, Our Country is in mourning, for a soldier died today.
We now have newer vets that deserve our praise. I am so proud of our military!! We have freedom (taken for granted by most), free speech and so much more because of you HEROS.
Thank you so much.
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I would like to say thank you to all our Veterans past present and futureI would like to say thank you to all our Veterans past present and future. I believe we should thank you every day of the year not just on certain days. My Dad and his brothers ...
I would like to say thank you to all our Veterans past present and futureI would like to say thank you to all our Veterans past present and future. I believe we should thank you every day of the year not just on certain days. My Dad and his brothers are all Veterans. I say a prayer everyday for you and your family. May God bless you and keep you safe always. Thank you again and God Bless America. Beverly
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