What is a vet? Thanks to all!
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What is a vet? Thanks to all!
Sincerely,
Hobie
"We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we find in our travels is an honest friend." Robert Louis Stevenson
Hobie
"We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we find in our travels is an honest friend." Robert Louis Stevenson
Re: What is a vet? Thanks to all!
Good post. Thanks, 1886.
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don Tomás
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Very cool, Hobie. Thank you for your service...
Tom
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'A Man's got to have a code...
I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted and I won't be laid a hand on.
I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."
-John Bernard Books. Jan. 22, 1901
'A Man's got to have a code...
I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted and I won't be laid a hand on.
I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."
-John Bernard Books. Jan. 22, 1901
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Today GK Jr. and I went to Fort Nelson, overlooking Portsmouth, the home of the Royal Navy.
I come here each Remembrance Day for the remembrance service. At 11AM a gun crew in the First World War uniform of The Royal Artillery, fire a field gun that was used in The First World War,to mark the start of two minute's silence.
We here in the UK wear Poppies in our lapels to remember the fallen, from the fields of Flanders to Iraq and Afghanistan.
I find it sad that fewer people seem to wear the Poppy, as the money raised by the sale of these Poppies goes towards Veterans that were injured or have fallen on hard times.
Lest we forget.
I come here each Remembrance Day for the remembrance service. At 11AM a gun crew in the First World War uniform of The Royal Artillery, fire a field gun that was used in The First World War,to mark the start of two minute's silence.
We here in the UK wear Poppies in our lapels to remember the fallen, from the fields of Flanders to Iraq and Afghanistan.
I find it sad that fewer people seem to wear the Poppy, as the money raised by the sale of these Poppies goes towards Veterans that were injured or have fallen on hard times.
Lest we forget.
Whatever you do always give 100%........... unless you are donating blood.
Re: What is a vet? Thanks to all!
thanks and more thanks to all the servicemen in all the services, and more thanks still for those who didn't return to enjoy their successes...
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Re: What is a vet? Thanks to all!
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army
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Re: What is a vet? Thanks to all!
Lest we all forget indeed.
Most of the younger generation simply have no concept at what it cost the world during the last century to ensure their freedom and prosperity. Sadly the schools do a miserable job of informing them. I know we all take the time at home and elsewhere - and I thank God for that. I especially thank God for the millions of men and women who throughout time have answered the call, and fought for liberty and justice!
Most of the younger generation simply have no concept at what it cost the world during the last century to ensure their freedom and prosperity. Sadly the schools do a miserable job of informing them. I know we all take the time at home and elsewhere - and I thank God for that. I especially thank God for the millions of men and women who throughout time have answered the call, and fought for liberty and justice!
Re: What is a vet? Thanks to all!
I don't remember where I got this but here is another definition. What is a Veteran? A veteran, whether having served on the land, on or under the sea or in the air, is someone who at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America" for an amount of "UP TO AND INCLUDING MY LIFE." Ron Kubowicz , US Navy 1969-71 aboard the USS Belknap DLG-26 , now Chaplin American Legion Kosciusko Post 207 Scranton,PA>