Veterans Day Tribute to those who served

[3rd_gear_Ted]

For those who paid the ultimate sacrifice.
For those who survived being a POW.
For those who served with wounds, wear & tear, but honor and dignity.
A salute to all.

[cassisrot]

Thank you.

[HobieMarty]

To all Veterans, Thank You for your sacrifice and your service.

This is the Land of the Free, because of the Brave!

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[Racerbvd]

Thank You for your Service.

[Baz]

We love and thank you!

[bmcuscgr94]

Heard a veteran's day speech many years ago. What stayed with me was something like this:

To those that served before, we here today, vow to not let those that come after, forget your service and sacrifices.

[craigster59]

We were Soldiers once....

[pwd72s]

^ Indeed...great flick.

Thanks to all who served...

[Racerbvd]

[RNajarian]

Curious. . . Jerry Yellin was an Army Air Corps officer and the man engaged in the famous Times Square kiss was enlisted US Navy. Likely the caption with (former) Captain Yellin is in error.

EDIT:

The caption in the photo is in error (or poorly worded)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-J_Day_in_Times_Square#Identity_of_the_subjects_of_ the_photograph

[Racerbvd]

[flatbutt]

How's this for a tribute?

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/billie-harris_n_1591126

[pwd72s]

Bump for 2024...happy veterans day to all who served. Thank you for serving.

[sc_rufctr]

Thank you for your service.

This gave me goose bumps.



EDIT: Full version here.

https://x.com/Maga4liberty/status/1854427439142666359

[Sooner or later]

Many thanks for your service.

[KFC911]

Thank you... each and every one! ... and I speak for all of US

[RNajarian]

A few photos from the past 29 years . . .

Best wishes to my fratres in armis (brothers in arms)

LtCol Robert Friend of the Tuskegee Airmen and myself (May 2017)

[rfuerst911sc]

Thank you to all that have served . Past , present and future .

[Seahawk]

Neat article here:

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/11/a-salute-on-veterans-day-2.php

HBO has occasionally observed Veterans Day by rebroadcasting Band of Brothers, the ten-part series based on Stephen Ambrose’s book of the same name. The book and series tell the story of the last phase of World War II in Europe through the eyes of E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne Division — a unit that served “from Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest” (as the book’s subtitle has it). The men of E Company served on the front lines in ferocious, almost unimaginably brutal combat over the last twelve months of WW II. Many died, many were horribly injured, some survived.

At the end of the book Ambrose briefly summarizes the postwar lives of those who survived. One of those who survived was Corporal Walter Gordon. Mr. Gordon overcame a paralyzing injury suffered at Bastogne in the Battle of the Bulge. He went on to law school and struck it rich through the exercise of great acumen in the oil business.

In December 1991, Mr. Gordon read that the mayor of Eindhoven, Netherlands had refused to meet with General Schwarzkopf because, as general of the forces that served in the Gulf War, General Schwarzkopf “had too much blood on his hands.” Ambrose recounts that Gordon wrote to the mayor of Eindhoven:

On September 17, 1944 I participated in the large airborne operation which was conducted to liberate your country. As a member of company E, 506th PIR [parachute infantry regiment], I landed near the small town of Son. The following day we moved south and liberated Eindhoven. While carrying out our assignment, we suffered casualties. That is war talk for bleeding. We occupied various defense positions for over two months. Like animals, we lived in holes, barns, and as best we could. The weather was cold and wet. In spite of the adverse conditions, we held the ground we had fought so hard to capture.

The citizens of Holland at that time did not share your aversion to bloodshed when the blood being shed was that of the German occupiers of your city. How soon we forget. History has proven more than once that Holland could again be conquered if your neighbor, the Germans, are having a dull weekend and the golf links are crowded.

Please don’t allow your country to be swallowed up by Liechtenstein or the Vatican as I don’t plan to return. As of now, you are on your own

Lastly:

Jack (the taller one) with his "Dyke" (that is what they are called) at VMI. Tyler was his senior advisor when Jack was a freshman:



My Dad getting a Bronze Star:

[Baz]