This touched me!

[Hunterdad]

Wow, did your pastor put you up to posting that? It manages to combine religion, guilt, loansharking, and jingoist patriotism all in one clip.

NOT FIREARM RELATED. NOT HIGHROAD.

You should be ashamed of yourself! You my friend, are NOT HIGHROAD. Its because of the service men and women that you have the right and freedom to make a post like that.

"Some people sure have short memories, and those who are too young to know or are too ignorant to see, need to be taught"

 

[longdayjake]

I am greatful for all that have fought for our country and those LEOs that defend us here at the home front.

As justice Brandice said, "the answer to bad speech is good speech." I hope we can keep the spirit of the message alive in this thread rather than letting bad speech goad us into more bad speech.

I love America!

 

[oledad86]

that was awesome!

 

[armoredman]

Hand salute, ready, two!
I wasn't much, just a Naval Gunners Mate in the Persian Gulf in '88, but my stepfather was there at Normandy, and an uncle survived being a medic inside Bastogne. My grandfather built hospitals in France with the AEF in 1918.
I salute all vets past and current.

 

[Bullnettles]

Thank you vets, one and all. I may be young, but I was taught what you guys did for us and am extremely saddened by the way some people treat vets. If they only knew .

 

[NOLAEMT]

Both of my Grandfathers served during the second world war.

My dad's father fought in the battle of the bulge in '44, carried a Thompson, and received a medal and citation ( I don't know which) for fixing a general's jeep that had broken down on the front lines during the German advance, allowing the general to escape, probably with his life. He threw it away when he got home, my grandmother kept it, along with his medal, we found them after they both passed.

My mom's father served in Italy, the only surviving soul in his platoon, ambushed by German troops while on patrol. He was knocked unconscious during the attack and nearly killed by a German 88mm artillery shell. After the war he returned to the states, finished his last two years of medical school, and went on to be a pediatrician.

Neither man liked to talk about what they had been through, and any movie that had scenes of combat brought on visible emotions, even decades after their time in Europe was over.

 

[tobyjones]

Mod Edit:

Let it be, man. This isn't the place.​

 

[4D5]

Truly moving

Me, my brother, father, uncles, cousins, and family have served back as far as the civil war.

My father only spoke of the horrors he saw in WWII and then only on his death bed. Never did he speak of the bad things he saw in Europe but did relate some of the better times he did experience.

I truly hope that the people of the United States will stand up and take action to make this country great once again, for we are certainly headed down the road of no return.

Thanks to all those that have and are now serving and God bless.

 

[Lonestar49]

Much thanks "for all"

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Thank you for finding/sharing

~ SALUTE ~


Ls

 

[TexasBill]

Thanks for a great short film. If this didn't move you, I feel sorry for you.

I remember one Memorial Day, not long before my Dad died, I sent him a note that simply said, "Thank You."

And for those dismiss this or rail against the "liberal" media, new math and whatnot, leave the politics at the door. Remember many of the men and women now serving around the world grew up on such. As far as I can tell, they still turned out to be damn fine soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen. Some are conservative, some are liberal: all are Americans we can be proud of and grateful to.

 

[GMAN26]

Nice job. This is most def...The HighRoad.

God Bless all that served.

 

[ultradoc]

thanks for posting.

 

[joe_security]

A wonderful video. God bless all Veterans, thank you for defending our freedom.

 

[HGUNHNTR]

Yeah I don't see how this is firearms related either. I understand how it touches some people, just not me. Patriotism is scary, not a single veteran has fought for "freedom" since the revolutionary war.

Just an FYI, "god" doesn't just love Americans

 

[boostedxt]

Yeah I don't see how this is firearms related either. I understand how it "touches" some people, just not me. Patriotism is scary, not a single veteran has fought for "freedom" since the revolutionary war.

no matter what you believe they still fought and some even died.

joe

 

[ccsniper]

I only wish God would allow me to serve with these awesome men and women. Thank you to all who have sacrificed for our country.

 

[CoRoMo]

I just got off the phone with a fellow who is heading out to Afghanistan. I wish I could say something more than a simple "Thank You" to you guys. America: God shed his grace on thee. Men have bled and have died to preserve that grace. Please don't forget that.

 

[Tommygunn]

Yeah I don't see how this is firearms related either. I understand how it touches some people, just not me. Patriotism is scary, not a single veteran has fought for "freedom" since the revolutionary war.

There's a completly parochial, sanctimonious attitude! Certainly our involvement in some wars has been questionable, but do you really think we weren't fighting for freedom in WW2? Would you like to be saluting a hokencreuz, or a rising sun? You don't think the French and British freedoms weren't worth the fight?
Maybe we should let dictators take over the rest of the world. Only problem is, when the world is run by them, and they want to gang up on us, we won't be in any position then to defend ourselves. But hey .... some of us would well deserve the consequences.

 

[MikeNice]

Thank you for posting that. My paternal grandfather served in Korea.

The man I consider my grandpa served in Vietnam. In Vietnam he earned two purple hearts and several other awards. For his service he was spit on, called a baby killer, and died with cancer caused by agent orange.

He went to that country voluntarily so that other Americans might be saved from the draft. He never once said he would change his mind. However, it broke his heart that even as he was losing the battle with cancer in 2002 people still called Vietnam vets baby killers.

As America was ramping up for another war in Iraq people were comparing it to Vietnam. People were calling soldiers fighting in Afghanistan murderers. My grandpa looked at me and said we shouldn't be going in to Iraq. Yet, he said he would go if he could. Why? Just so that another American wouldn't have to risk his life.

Remember a lot of these guys don't agree with the official line. Many of them are there just because they don't want you to have to make that sacrifice. They fight not because they love the fog of war, the smell of cordite, or the taste of blood, but because they wish to keep you sleeping safely at home.

Think what you want about the politics of a particualr engagement. Thank a soldier that you don't have to fight that engagement. Thank a soldier for ensuring you sleep soundly at night.

 

[bennadatto]

Why you gotta make me tear up at work!?

 

[KodiakBeer]

Patriotism is scary, not a single veteran has fought for "freedom" since the revolutionary war.

Not the civil war which freed millions of people from slavery? Not WWII which freed millions of people from slavery?