Rocketmedic
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I just miss my friends. You are loved and missed, SPC Cody Towse, Mitchell Daehling, William Gilbert KIA 5/13 in Afghanistan.
Each year at this time I watch Terry Kelly's video, "A Pittance of Time."
I need a quiet place to do so. I recommend to all, watch, share, and make this a personal ritual, also.
For the younger in the forum who may not know the history, the treaty ending The Great War, the War to End All Wars (now called World War I) was signed "on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month," and that day was commemorated as Armistice Day. As later conflicts proved that the armistice had not been permanent, many nations re-named the day as Remembrance Day. This includes Kelly's home of Canada. In the USA we now call this date Veterans' Day.
Also, as was mentioned above, Memorial Day honors and remembers those who lost their lives in service; Armistice Day / Remembrance Day / Veterans' Day honors all who served, especially those still with us.
I was in the Army Reserves from 1983 to 1987 and went Active Duty Air Force 1987 to 1991
Worked on the B-52’s of the 5th Bomb Wing. It was the best time of my life. Life had a purpose and it was simple. Our job was to get 10 Bombers loaded with Nukes off the ground before Soviet missiles destroyed our base
Mine would never fit sorry to say.One of these years maybe I will pull my dress uniform out of the man cave closet and join the annual big day parade.
Ditto...Mine would never fit sorry to say.
I was treaded poorly as a soldier in the early seventies. The Vietnam war was unpopular and in some way people believed I was partly responsible.
I must say things have drastically changed. I live in a community where you are treated with respect and thanked for your duty to your country. Many businesses often discounts to veterans, too numerous to mention. Each Memorial Day we have a celebration at a local club house to honor those that died defending our freedoms.
We live in a special country. It’s sad that the main stream media pays so little attention to our vets.