happy vets day.. 11/12/07

Country, Honor and Valor are your decree.
One nation under God is your banner
You: who so valiantly served, fought
and died for me are not forgotten.
My gratitude to you is unwavering.

You were like the lamb led to slaughter.
Without a word you sacrificed yourself for:
Life, Liberty and Justice for all.
With your blood you helped purchase
freedom for your fellow man.
Generations following behind you who
will never know your name say "Thank You".

God, who knew you before the foundations
of the earth were laid, says
"Soldier, Job Well Done".
What an honor and privilege it would be
for me to lay a wreath on your tomb,
representing my respect and the respect
of our country.

With all my heart I say "Thank You".
May God continue to bless you
and God bless America.

by Allie O'Brien, age 12

[GPK]

touching....

thanks for posting that P

[Mortimer]

Evene though you are a SECKY/ALYBAMMER fan....you can be my water brother anytime.


The finest work I have seen on this board.







As I know we all know...too often we do forget them.

[pmacdaddy]

We certainly owe all our veterans a debt of gratitude.

Thank You!

[Mortimer]

I thought this was good:





"If you are able, save for them a place inside of you and save one backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go.
Be not ashamed to say you loved them, though you may or may not have always. Take what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own.

And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind.

Major Michael Davis O'Donnell
1 January 1970
Dak To, Vietnam
Listed as KIA February 7, 1978

[Mortimer]

http://www.historyguy.com/american_war_casualties.html


If you scroll down it shows the number of US soldiers killed by war.


I counted about 1,340,OOO.






A good time for me to leave and stop being an idiot.

I owe them more .






Thanks to those who posted here.

[azerica]

As an Army vet, I thank you all for remembering. Now, as a civilian, I thank each and every brother, sister, and animal that has served and is serving in the armed forces. Bless you all...

[Danzig]

my husband and i thank you. both navy vets, and our oldest has been active duty two years.
thanks to all of our servicemen and -women, without you none of this country would be possible! from those who served under george washington, to those serving today, a tremendous debt is owed to you.
thank you.