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I just wanted to take a moment to thank those who fought to protect and defend our freedom - not just here in the US, but everywhere.
This will be the second Memorial Day weekend we won't get to spend with my mother's uncle. He died from cancer 2 years ago.
He was captured by the Japanese and spent 4 years in a concentration camp there. He was beaten and tortured those 4 years, but he survived. He would never tell us about his experiences, but he didn't have to. The scars on his back and where his finger nails had been repeatedly ripped away said enough.
So to all of you who are or have been in the military - THANK YOU. Words can never express the sacrifices you have been willing to pay so that the rest of us can live free.
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You're welcome! And I, in turn, would like to thank my comrades in arms. Coming home sucked, didn't it?
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You are most welcome...I too, would like to thank all my brothers and sisters that served and died in all the wars and conflicts.
Yes Pierre....It did suck coming home from Nam....but what was worse was finally discovering the whole truth of our involvement over there....and it still goes on today in other areas of the world...will we ever learn?....I think not.
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I agree, Jackson, and that's ONE "OT" I'll never get involved with. My passions about that one and the Feds run far too high. My only real regret about the late aftermath is that hideous "black gash" they call a monument. We all deserved better than that. Kinda like putting us below ground level. Oh, well..........I hope you guys all give at least a passing thought concerning the real reason for another "pointless day off" for America. Why don't they keep it on Sunday every year?
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The same amount of "American Draft Dodgers" that came to Canada was the same amount of Canadians that volunteered to go to Vietnam.. Around 6,000 Not to many of ours came home either.
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Thank you Dennis. I am only going on what my Father told myself. As a military man. Still to many to die for nothing. (Both Sides) West and East. or over the Century.
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I believe Glenn was referring to the many wars that have been fought and the Second World War in particular, regarding his mother's uncle.
As a member of the Canadian Legion, I also salute all who fell in battle, whether they be American, Canadian, British, French, Australian, Polish, or whatever nationality..for allowing us the opportunity and freedom to speak openly.
In my humble opinion, a war veteran is someone to be honored. Whether the war was WW1, WW2, the Korean conflict, or the Vietman conflict.
THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL RESPONSE!!!!! It is a heartfelt respectful response to thank MY father for joining the army when I was in my mother's womb, so that I would be able to grow up in a world that would allow me the freedom to do what I wanted to do (legally)
THANK YOU DAD!...
(geeez I have tears in my eyes now)
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Nutin wrong with tears Dave, had 2 uncles at Pearl, they both came back. Maybe a bit worse then before(schrapnel) but, after all these 2 guys witnesed, I'm surprised they are the great men they are today !! Can't imagine going thru that without nightmares the rest a my life !
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My mother's real father died in WW2. I don't know the full details of how it happened, but he and his team were crossing a ravine. When they got about half way across, a group of Nazis hidden somewhere opened fire with machine guns.
Until just a few years ago, we never knew where he was buried. Some anonomous person sent my grandmother a letter with a photo enclosed of his grave & marker. He's buried somewhere in the Netherlands. I hope to be able to send my Grandmother and mother there for a visit in the next couple years so they can at least have some closure.
When you stop and think about it, its amazing what kind of courage that the men and women in the military can drum up to do what has to be done.
So lets forget about the politics that is often involved, and lets be thankful for those who have and are willing to make the unimaginable sacrifices so that we can be free.
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Yeah, David.............I think about them a lot.
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I too would like to honor all Veterans, whoever they might be.... A friend of mine says "to stop and/or prevent most wars...is for men only, over 65 years old can fight, and they must eat what they kill !" Sounds like a solution to me....!!!!!
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Arvil, have you ever been on the "Sopranos"???
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For years, when the Guv'ment flew flags and song for our "boys," I could be proud of my father.
Later on in life, my views changed. Now when I see an american flag hoisted and hear songs of battle, a much different picture comes to mind and I have a hard time with it today.
He airforced for 21 years, and I have pictures of him handlettering an Uncle Sam wants you sign. Ooooooooh!
He had to work out to tote all his medals everyday. I think he had 2 purple hearts on his coat...when we finally buried him.
Oooooooooooh!
He also did some unspeakably horrible things at that time of our life.
I forgave him, but I can no longer stand under an american flag with any seriousness.
I see earthkeepers and boat people.
Boat people took my father and broke him.
He broke me.
Boat people suck.
I am not a democrat, I am not a republican. I am Cherokee, you do the math.
For the men who went to battle with pure thoughts, Sacrificing, not only their limbs, their organs, and their minds, lets be reminded...they also lost their friends. They had to walk away from their girlfriends and their wives to do it.some left children, (some not born yet, or even known of...) and of course parents who needed someone to care for them. The world they left behind was precious to them. Protect and Serve was beaten into them by angry men, also sacrificing. The horrors they saw, the betrayals they suffered, the let down to come home and have everyone shrug their shoulders in disgust.
Again, boat people suck.
I am proud of those pure in heart!...very proud.
I do agre with an earlier post, "You have to be this old to die this game!"
So like, I'm starting to get, like, the idea that Peace is like, you know, catching on?
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i joined the air force...to avoid the draft...had my draft notice and signed up for the air force...the taught me to drive a fuel truck(woopie) sent me to loring maine, gave me a top secret security clearance..when the guy give me the line badge with top secret on it.. i told him "see this finger nail?....they touch it and iam gona tell em everything i know and then some"! got orders in may of 68..sending me to da nang(i woulda been there dec 68)told the base commander to put me in jail or leave me where i was....i wasnt gona drive a 5000 gal stick of explosives in a war zone...so they could let me do my job here or i can sit in jail...they cancelled my orders.....i did my 4 yrs...in the worst base in the u.s. and i lost some verygood friends in nam(they didnt even find there dog tags)fuel trucks blow up real easy...and for what did they die for...so bill clinton could avoid the draft, as did geo w. and so these dipsticks can become president...seems a waste of a lot of good lives...sorry..war sucks...
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I went downtown this morning for breakfast..everything was closed and the place looked deserted..I turned around and headed back out of town when I ran into a parade coming down market st. The typical veterans group were up front, high school bands, etc...but nobody there to watch..when they have the Halloween parade town is packed. I hadn't heard there was to be a parade and as a veteran the lack of turn out was saddening..though not an active war vet I was in at the tail end of nam and my job was to handle those being sent home. I salute my fellow vets..
Dave USAF 75-80
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