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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.


Veterans Day
John V. Kosek, Sr., OH

Veterans Day for me is usually a quiet day of reflection. I think back to my Navy days and all the wonderful people I met and worked alongside. I think about my uncles who were both in WWII and the sacrifices they made and the peril they faced. I am ...



USMC
Donald Haney, KY

Well I am proud to be called a Veteran I served my country 4 years active duty and 40 years I served my country as a civilian I would have give my life at anytime that I was called on to do so. I served in Vietnam War from 8/66-8/67 in The U.S. Mari...



Honoring Women who served
Cassaundra StJohn, TX

Veterans Day is our chance to remind the 98% of America that has never served....just what it means to be a military person. This is an opportunity to educate people on the role WOMEN play in serving this great nation, both in and beside the unifo...



Veterans Day
James M Massara, FL

To all Ive served with, [past and present Have a great Veterans Day!!!! Service before self is everything. My thoughts and prayers go out to our troops everyday.



Veterans Day
Rickey Williams, AR

My mother is the proud mother of 9 sons. We are from Pine Bluff, Arkansas. All nine of us served in the US Army between 1962-2005. We contributed over 150 years of service to our country. We ranged in rank from Specialist to Command Sergeant Major. 6...



What it means to me
Ron Wheeler, NC

I am a Viet-Nam vet and to me Veterans Day means that I think of all the friends I lost because of that damn war. But we were fighting for the greatest country of all but alot of people didnt feel that way. When I came back fromm Nam I got off a pl...



Veterans Day
David Mac Donald, OH

Bless Our VeteransI am a Army Veteran from the Vietnam War Era and I know how important a simple THANK YOU is. I am sending a THANK YOU to all of our Active Duty service members and Veterans for your sacrifice and commitment to this great country of ...



history
shadirelys, FL

Thank YouI would like to say thank you to all our veterans past and future. I believe we should thank you every day of the year not just on certain days.



Veterans Everywhere
Jeanne Dexter NALLY, FL

Veteran to AllAs a former member of the U.S. Army, I am most proud of the military history of my family. My father, U.S. Navy Retired WWII Veteran now deceased. My son John who served in the U.S. Army, during Desert Storm/Desert Shield. All of my Un...



Pelelieu 1944
Arnold Steele, CA

Semper FiOn September 15,1944 I was an FMF Corpsman aboard the USS Tryon as Marines went ashore on Peleliu to capture this fortified island from the entrenched Japanese. They captured the island but at a horrific cost in lives of our valiant Marines....



what veterans day mean to me
Mya Lafargue, LA

Veterans Day is a day of honor and joy !



Veteran Day
Bruce Bearss, OH

My sister Beuna lives in Hawaii and she called me to tell me about going to The Veterans Day Ceremony at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. One of the Speakers were Honorable Max Cleland, now Secretary American Battle Monuments Commission. ...



Edward J. Ryan/Anzio
Darby Stevens, WV

Every Veterans Day since my father, Edward J. Ryan died I have posted a somthing in his memory. He was a disabled veteran of Anzio, WWII. He was wounded in May, 1944 at the age of 17. He lost his left arm and most of his right hand and was at Walter...



veterans day
nolan, NH

Ill never understand what you have been through.Ill never be able to thank you enough.I hope that someday ill be able to repay the favor.



Video
Rod Kosann, NY

We came across a story about an ID bracelet that was found in a field in Wales which we discovered belonged to an American Soldier from Syracuse, NY who serrved in WWII. We reunited it recently with his family and captured the story in this video. ...



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