Veterans Day - Nov 11

Doug,

I'm sorry to hear of your loss.

It's stories and memories such as yours that will be treasured and passed down through a family.

Your son, I am certain, holds a key to a special gift that gramps offered only to him. The medals will surely be a reminder to him of his heartfelt conversation with gramps on that day.

Thanks for sharing.

hasbeenskier wrote: My pop was a career ARMY Aviator. He said to me not too long ago, "Son, every time I pulled the trigger it was for you." He is my hero. bj

One of my new heros too bj...

john

My hat is off to all who have served...those that served far away in troubled lands and those that served closer to home...I owe my Freedom to all of them.

john

I have an uncle who landed at Normandy and he has joined with other survivors in his unit to travel to that area in celebration of Veterans Day this year. There are not very many of them left now. Those with whom I served in Vietnam are getting scarcer now too. Hopefully this country will never forget those who served or the reasons why. I was proud to do my job despite what others thought of us at the time but I never think of my service as being any where near equal to those who served in WWII.
Ken

before i die, i want to make it to Normandy and see the memorials and the concentration camps in Germany. we sometimes have a tendency to take things for granted and i think the reason is you guys in uniform and woman protect us from that, we are not exposed to the results of war in our backyard. i honor anyone who has served and especially Vietnam Vets because they were there because they were told to be there, they did thier job as i wouldve if I had served. thanks for freedom and the ability to post our thoughts, its from the lives lost and our countries willingness to get involved to pass the word "freedom"

We all hold a special place in our hearts for special veterans in our lives that this day hold strong memories of what they gave for our freedom.

We must never forget the cost of our freedom. Each and every time we hold our children, embrace a new day, and enjoy an afternoon on our cc's....let us not forget what cost was given for those simple pleasures we enjoy each and every day.

Tomorrow is Veterans Day, the day we honor the brave men and women who served our country with honor and valor for hundreds of years and many wars and conflicts throughout our history.

Veterans Day at one time was called Armistice Day. It became a legal national holiday in 1938. In 1954, President Eisenhower changed the name from Armistice Day to Veterans Day. The holiday was celebrated on the 4th Monday of May until the late 1970's when it was changed to November 11 to represent the day and time the armistice was signed.

On that day at 11 a.m., veterans around the country gather together to commemorate the day by removing their cover, bowing their heads and praying for their comrades.

May God bless all who have served and those who serve today.