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Many thanks to our Vet's!

bigmarty58bigmarty58 Posts: 2,002 ✭✭✭✭✭
To the brave men and woman who are serving, and have served in our countries military, Thank You for your courage, and the great sacrifices you have made to keep our country safe.

Godspeed,
Robert.
Enthusiastic collector of British pre-decimal and Canadian decimal circulation coins.
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  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


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    "government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington
  • Thank you.U.S.N from 1967 till 1971 and i too thank all the vets who are serving and have served.
  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,556 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've served but in peacetime and was released right before the 1990 Desert Storm conflict.
    I salute those who have served, particularly those in harm's way. May you stay safe! Your loved ones as well!

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  • Thank you for my Freedom!! image
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  • EdscoinEdscoin Posts: 2,028 ✭✭✭
    THANK YOU FOR OUR FREEDOM.
    ED
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    Freedom Isn't Free


    I watched the flag pass by one day.
    It fluttered in the breeze
    A young soldier saluted it, and then
    He stood at ease.
    I looked at him in uniform
    So young, so tall, so proud
    With hair cut square and eyes alert
    He'd stand out in any crowd.
    I thought how many men like him
    Had fallen through the years.
    How many died on foreign soil?
    How many mothers' tears?
    How many Pilots' planes shot down?
    How many died at sea
    How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
    No Freedom isn't free

    I heard the sound of taps one night,
    When everything was still.
    I listened to the bugler play
    And felt a sudden chill.
    I wondered just how many times
    That taps had meant "Amen"
    When a flag had draped a coffin
    of a brother or a friend.
    I thought of all the children,
    Of the mothers and the wives,
    Of fathers, sons and husbands
    With interrupted lives.
    I thought about a graveyard at the
    bottom of the sea
    Of unmarked graves in Arlington.....
    No -- Freedom isn't free!!

    ...Cadet Major Kelly Strong
    Air Force Junior ROTC
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  • itsnotjustmeitsnotjustme Posts: 8,779 ✭✭✭
    You're Welcome!

    And I also thank those serving or who served in harms way.

    USAF 1986 - Present
    Give Blood (Red Bags) & Platelets (Yellow Bags)!
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks to those serving in harms way today... and through the years.
    USN 1959-1963.
    Cheers, RickO
  • LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    U. S. Air Force 1963 to 1990.
  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,893 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thank you and my thanks, too, to the men and women who have or are serving in our Armed Forces!

    Bob
    US Army 1966-1968
    Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com
  • US Army Dec 1962-Dec 1965.
    My 20 year old boy is at Norfolk Va, assigned to the USS Toledo, a fast attack sub.

    Ray
  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,191 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭
    U.S.N from 1962 till 1982. Thank you to all the vets who are serving and have served from an old vet.
  • cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,946 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks to all vets! My father fought in Viet Nam...
    You Suck! Awarded 6/2008- 1901-O Micro O Morgan, 8/2008- 1878 VAM-123 Morgan, 9/2022 1888-O VAM-1B3 H8 Morgan | Senior Regional Representative- ANACS Coin Grading. Posted opinions on coins are my own, and are not an official ANACS opinion.
  • Thank You To All Who have Served our Country,at Any Time,Any Where! USN Fighter Squadron VF-101 F4-Phantom's 1967-1971, Ray in Florida.
  • U. S. Navy Hospital Corpsman

    Semper Fi
  • I was one of many . Right or wrong by some,
    I did my part .
    US Army Sep 30 1968--Sep 29 1971
    Vietnam July 14 1969--July 13 1970
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  • I'll own up to my age. USAF 1967
  • UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks to all who have served, especially my father. Shot down during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944, picked up by by a Destroyer and sunk later that same day. And to one of my best friends, Col. Robert Waggoner, USAF (Ret). Shot down in a F-105 Sept 1966 over Hanoi and captured, released Mar 1973. Two of the bravest men I know.
    I used to be somebody, now I'm just a coin collector.
    Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
  • Thanks to all. USAF 1989 - 1993.
  • LeeGLeeG Posts: 12,162
    Much thanks and prayers to those still serving!!!!! image

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  • JulioJulio Posts: 2,501
    Thanks. Nam 1970-1972. Thanks to all who have , all that do and all those that will. jws



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  • Thank you service men and women.
    All gave some....
    some gave all.
  • GoldbullyGoldbully Posts: 17,783 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thank you Vets!!!!!!!!

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  • chiefbobchiefbob Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭
    Thanks to all present and future military veterans!
    Retired Air Force 1965-2000
    Vietnam Vet 1968-1969
  • duck620duck620 Posts: 1,018 ✭✭✭✭
    u.s.army 1964-1966 vietnam vet. thanks to all of you folks.
  • SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thank you VERY MUCH to all who have served or are serving!!!
  • Many Thanks to all our great service men and women...past and present!!!

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    Collector of Early 20th Century U.S. Coinage.
    ANA Member R-3147111
  • Thanks to everyone is or has served!

    Bob

    USN 1974-1980
    USS Nimitz
  • DoubleEagle59DoubleEagle59 Posts: 8,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    To all that have served......thank-you from me and my family.
    "Gold is money, and nothing else" (JP Morgan, 1912)

    "“Those who sacrifice liberty for security/safety deserve neither.“(Benjamin Franklin)

    "I only golf on days that end in 'Y'" (DE59)
  • Thank you to the Veterans who did your part and
    made it through. Today is our day. Those fortunate
    to have lived through a seldom thanked duty not to our
    country, but for our country.

    On Memorial Day we will honor those that didn't come home.



    Jerry
  • BRdudeBRdude Posts: 1,079 ✭✭✭
    USAF, 1976-1982 Thanks to all our vets and their families for their sacrifices... My youngest son, served in Yusafiya Iraq, Jan 2004 to Feb, 2005, got out in feb 2006 and just recently re-joined the Army National Guard to be a Kiowa mechanicimage There are NONE finer than our young men and women, God bless them all.
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  • Great thread and sentiment.......my father is retired Navy 20+ years, and I served during Desert Storm 1991-1995........I hope all of our Soliders..... home and abroad stay safe during this holiday season. image
  • HighReliefHighRelief Posts: 3,717 ✭✭✭✭✭
    To all the Vet's who served and died, to give us our freedom that we have today. Thank you

    My grandpa's medals from the "Great War" as it was called back in the day. A piece of shrapnel hit his right leg and broke it in half. He then walked with a limp the rest of his life, since his right leg was 1 inch shorter than his left after it healed.

    He also disliked the smell or taste of cheese, since he was forced to eat the rotting rations to stay alive.



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  • DoogyDoogy Posts: 4,508
    Semper Fi to all of my fellow Marines out there, and to those here on the forum that have proudly served, i'm glad to call you "brothers" and "sisters".


    Doug

    USMC '94-'98
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,683 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Many thanks to our Vet's! >>

    Yeah, our vet gave the dog a shot and put him on antibiotics yesterday. His "kennel cough" is better and he ain't scratchin' as much.












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    Seriously, though... what they said.

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  • US Army 2003-2006 One combat tour. Thanks to all those who have served and are still doing so!

    Tom


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    << <i>Many thanks to our Vet's! >>

    Yeah, our vet gave the dog a shot and put him on antibiotics yesterday. His "kennel cough" is better and he ain't scratchin' as much.

    Owner could have used it better











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    Seriously, though... what they said. >>

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  • TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,826 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I got one of those hearts sitting in a box at my parents' house , in Pittsburgh...

    A Co, 759th MP Bn. Came home in 2005 from this place:

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  • MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,550 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Thank you Vets!!!!!!!!

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    That is a powerful picture.

    I'm proud to say that I retired from the Army in 2005 after 20 years and 21 days. I had good days and bad days but I wouldn't trade those years for anything. I appreciate the sentiments expressed in this thread.
  • percybpercyb Posts: 3,333 ✭✭✭✭
    Yes. Thanks for serving our country and protecting our liberty!!
    "Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world." PBShelley
  • BRdudeBRdude Posts: 1,079 ✭✭✭
    This deserves a rise to the topimage
    AKA kokimoki
    the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed
    Join the NRA and protect YOUR right to keep and bear arms
    To protest against all hunting of game is a sign of softness of head, not soundness of heart. Theodore Roosevelt
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  • CharlotteDudeCharlotteDude Posts: 3,146 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thank you. Twenty years as a linguist/language analyst ~ 1985-2005, USAF.

    And thanks to all vets for their sacrifices & duty to our nation.

    the 'dude
    Got Crust....y gold?
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,515 ✭✭✭✭✭
  • FullStepJeffsFullStepJeffs Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭
    Thank You. It is a privilege to serve this country.

    Steve
    U.S. Air Force Security Forces Retired

    In memory of the USAF Security Forces lost: A1C Elizabeth N. Jacobson, 9/28/05; SSgt Brian McElroy, 1/22/06; TSgt Jason Norton, 1/22/06; A1C Lee Chavis, 10/14/06; SSgt John Self, 5/14/07; A1C Jason Nathan, 6/23/07; SSgt Travis Griffin, 4/3/08; 1Lt Joseph Helton, 9/8/09; SrA Nicholas J. Alden, 3/3/2011. God Bless them and all those who have lost loved ones in this war. I will never forget their loss.
  • My family has fought in every war this country has been in since the Revolution.
    My son left for Iraq this morning at 0600 for his third tour. I am so proud of him and all the other sons and daughters serving our country.
    Keep them all safe and bring them home soon.
    Molon Labe
  • LeeGLeeG Posts: 12,162


    << <i>My family has fought in every war this country has been in since the Revolution.
    My son left for Iraq this morning at 0600 for his third tour. I am so proud of him and all the other sons and daughters serving our country.
    Keep them all safe and bring them home soon. >>




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  • PistareenPistareen Posts: 1,505 ✭✭✭
    My family has fought in every war this country has been in since the Revolution.

    Wow! Quite a statement -- good for you and best of luck to your son.

    I remember asking my grandmother if we had any ancestors who fought in the Revolution. Her only response was "which side?"

    Her grandfather was in Andersonville during the Civil War. Her husband (my granddad) was an officer in the cavalry in France in WWI. My dad did his time in the Corps of Engineers in the early 60s.

    Thanks to each of you.
  • Thanks to all.

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