Veterans Day Post

1630Boston

No words can thank all of our Veterans............so.............THANK YOU ALL.....

Enjoy this air show video and thank a Veteran today

"I can't believe this was 30+ years ago, i really enjoyed that day."

Hanscom AFB, 1989

https://youtu.be/p7cv-fM5j1k

ricko

I have always enjoyed air shows.... The Blue Angels always came to Seattle during Sea Fair (local summer celebration) and performed their aerial acrobatics. Thanks to all Veterans, past and present. Cheers, RickO

1630Boston

@ricko said:
The Blue Angels always came to Seattle during Sea Fair (local summer celebration) and performed their aerial acrobatics.

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Blue Angels cockpit video - Boeing Seafair Air Show, Seattle 2019
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https://youtu.be/VfE-za6TcyM

derryb

I too will add a very warm thank you to my brothers in arms, especially those that had to put them to use.

ricko

Wow, thanks....saw a lot of familiar landmarks.... Mercer Island, the floating bridges, Space Needle... lots more....The Blue Angels put on an amazing show....Cheers, RickO

AlexinPA

I will also add my Thank You For Your Service to all the men and women of our Armed Forces - active duty, Reserve and retired.

jesbroken

I was lucky enough to see the Thunderbirds twice, both times in Germany. I do thank all of our brothers and sisters in the military and may God Bless them all and their families.
Jim

1630Boston

@Crusty
Working in Southborough the last few weeks, thought of you when I passed over your Uncles bridge many times, noticed his name on a monument in the center of town also.

Robert Raymond Foley Jr Memorial Bridge

WAYNEAS

thanks to all for remembering us vets
USN Navy 1970-1976

JohnnyCache

@1630Boston said:
No words can thank all of our Veterans............so.............THANK YOU ALL.....

Enjoy this air show video and thank a Veteran today

"I can't believe this was 30+ years ago, i really enjoyed that day."

Hanscom AFB, 1989

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@1630Boston I was at that show with my girlfriend of the time, she was fascinated with planes of all types. We went to several shows including one or two at Otis.

1630Boston

Maybe I saw you there @JohnnyCache

Crusty

@1630Boston

I really appreciate the pic. The town really does a nice job keeping up the cemetery and has definitely honored my Uncle the best way they could over the years. He had less than 2 weeks left on his tour. Still chokes up my family to this day.

TwoSides2aCoin

A salute to the marines, too. From one "dog-face" soldier to another. Peace is good ! War is hell.... so if it's to hell we go.... oh hail, oh hail the infantry.

Namvet69

I think about Nam all the time, the organized chaos of war, I am grateful for my life today. All my care at the VA is top notch. Peace Roy

1630Boston

Glad you are ok @Namvet69 , thanks for protecting our country.

koynekwest

My Huey and I-

ReadyFireAim

Happy Veterans day everyone!

bigmarty58

Happy Veterans Day!

koynekwest

Here's a deck of cards to honor all veterans. I have several decks of these. They were made during the latter part of the Vietnam conflict. You could get a deck by sending in a couple of the end flaps from a carton of Kent cigarettes. This deck is for sale on ebay.

bsshog40

@jesbroken said:
I was lucky enough to see the Thunderbirds twice, both times in Germany. I do thank all of our brothers and sisters in the military and may God Bless them all and their families.
Jim

When and where were you in Germany Jim? I was 1/11 Armored Cav in Fulda gap 77-78.

AlanSki

But really, don't.

GSpencer

Started off as Army 11B 1988-90. Pic (with the SAW) is from C-2/16 INF. 1ID.

Got old & became Navy officer 1999-2010. Pic in 2005. Wife also Navy officer 😎

bearcave

Thanks to all Veterans!

jedm

1630Boston

bolivarshagnasty

1630Boston

West Point Graduation - 2020

Bullsitter

ricko

Many years ago..... Cheers, RickO

jesbroken

@bsshog40 When and where were you in Germany Jim? I was 1/11 Armored Cav in Fulda gap 77-78.

I was at many Air Bases. Stationed at Hahn AB but TDY for a couple of years at several different bases(Ramstein, Rhein/Main, Zweibrucken, Spangdahlem, and Bitburg). 1969-1972 Hopefully my spelling is close. I was at a couple more, but just for a short period of time, a day or so.
You were northeast of Frankfurt and I was basically southwest most of the time. Spent quite a while on the Moselle River.
Jim

1630Boston

Nice looking young fellow @ricko

AUandAG

Thanks all my bros:
1966-1972
2nd Armored Cavalry

coinbuf

I would like to thank all my brothers and sisters who have worn the uniform, and especially to those that gave all in defense of our freedom.

jesbroken

My Dad was a B24 Bomber pilot during WWll. Here is a photo of one of his planes Doc and crew. He was standing in the center. He was shot down twice, once in Yugoslavia where the underground took 6 weeks to get him back to Lecce, Italy and another on a bombing mission in Vienna where he limped homeward to Zara, Croatia and crashed on the beach there 300' from a runway. He lucked up and hitched a ride back to Lecce, with the future governor of Alabama, George McGovern whom had also been shot down and was being returned in a C47 to Italy.
God Bless all our brave brothers and sisters who have been and are guarding our country so that we can enjoy American Freedoms.
Jim

dpoole

...with the future governor of Alabama, George McGovern whom had also been shot down and was being returned in a C47 to Italy.

George Wallace?

Neat story, @jesbroken!

WAYNEAS

circa 1973

I so do miss my hair

AlexinPA

I was nobody important. I was just a

Downtown1974

A heartfelt thanks to all of our service men and women at home and abroad!

Mgarmy

I hated jumping and my back reminds me of it daily 😄

yosclimber

My dad enlisted in the Navy in April 1944, and spent most of his time in radio school,
and repairing their destroyer (USS Bryant), as it had been damaged by a kamikaze.
The war was over by the time the ship was ready.
Dad is 94 and doing fine other than walking with 2 canes, and missing my mom who passed away in May.

My grandpa was a Marine machine gunner in WW I.
He almost died when shrapnel severed his femoral artery and he lost a lot of blood.
His college friend Paul Dornblaser was killed a few days later.
http://www.umt.edu/memorialrow/honored/combat/Dornblaser.php
He never talked about it.

We were looking through grandpa's WW I letters a few months ago,
and found one from his dad, describing the 1918 Spanish Flu in Montana - all the public places were shut down,
and there were many deaths per week.
Sounds a lot like our current situation 102 years later, but it was a lot deadlier.

jesbroken

@dpoole George Wallace?

My Bad, dpoole. Future Senator from South Dakota. Sorry about that. Readiing through a lot of my Dad's papers and got two people mixed up, but it was George McGovern. Both my Dad and George McGovern received the Distinguished Flying Cross for saving their crews in the two separate crashes. Another interesting thing was my Dad's copilot, Ike Canetti, had flown all 24 missions together until this one, where Ike got his own B24 and they both crashed and all survived.
Jim

Edited to add: BTW Dad's crew threw out cases of Vienna Sausages over the city of Vienna before being hit. I guess they took it seriously.

1northcoin

Remembering those who have gone before for us:

Mgarmy

Salute

SkyMan

Thank you VERY MUCH Veterans!!!!

The first orbital rendezvous in history was between Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 in 1965. These two flights unquestionably put the US ahead of the USSR in the Space Race, which was every bit a battlefront in the Cold War. Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford on Gemini 6 were both USNA graduates, as was Jim Lovell on Gemini 7. Frank Borman, Commander of Gemini 7 was a USMA graduate. The crew of Gemini 7 at the time of rendezvous had been in orbit for a then record of 11 days. After rendezvous Schirra, who loved to pull pranks, told Borman that Stafford would start holding up signs to check on whether Borman's eyesight had deteriorated in weightlessness. He requested that Borman read out what the signs said. There was only one sign that Stafford held up. Needless to say, Borman did not say it aloud...

pursuitofliberty

I worked today. Not something I normally do on Veterans Day since my enlistment ended, but the customer I worked for said he could only could do it yesterday and today this week, or we waited until December.

I asked him a couple weeks ago when we were trying to figure dates before I went up if he was okay working Veterans Day, because he is also an ex-Navy guy. He said he had forgot, but yes he'd do it if I would, so we made it happen. If he hadn't been a Vet', I probably wouldn't have done it.

I offered and bought us lunch, and I broke another rule today as well. We each had a pint to wash it down.

I think I'll take tomorrow off instead.

To all who served and came back, cheers!

To all who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom and democracy, my deepest gratitude and respect.