Hats off for those who served!!

YaHa

God Bless to who have gave their lives in battle for freedom for all of us to live the way we do today.

lasvegasteddy

my gratitude too goes out

GFourDriver

To my fallen brothers in Vietnam B/3/503 173rd Airborne Brigade

William S Woods 2-27-71
Dennis Ziebarth 11-20-70
Ralph P. Miller 10-19-70
Glenn H. English 9-7-70 Medal of Honor
MOH Citation

edited to add Glenns citation

Tvac897

God bless the troops! I have 4 fraternity brothers serving right now, respect to:

1. Carter Langlow
2. Chad Powell
3. Adam Sheffield
4. Robert Roberts (yes that's his real name)

Be safe boys!

commoncents05

Bless the troops, thanks to all for your service!

-Paul

RayNY2E

<< <i>To my fallen brothers in Vietnam B/3/503 173rd Airborne Brigade

William S Woods 2-27-71
Dennis Ziebarth 11-20-70
Ralph P. Miller 10-19-70
Glenn H. English 9-7-70 Medal of Honor
MOH Citation

edited to add Glenns citation >>



Nice Tribute GFour! My wish Is That Our Younger Generation Will have a True Understanding and Carry On With Memorial Days for the Future and not just think it means a Day off and a reason for another Barbque. Served 1967~1971 F-4 Phantom Squadron. Ray in Florida..

morgansforever

God bless our troops, even though I don't agree with the current 10 year campaign.

It won't ever end. Future generation are taught to hate Western ideology. 1 trillion dollars, and counting.

Sep90 - Apr91 Desert Shield/Desert Storm

440th Sig Bn./22nd Signal Bde, 5th Corps.

ksteelheader

And to all my fellow Corpsmen that didn't make it back!!

Veep

I bought a collection from an 87 year-old WWII vet yesterday. He was a flight engineer/turret gunner on a B-17. He flew 29 missions over Nazi Germany. Of his squadron of over 200 men, he was one of 20, or so, who made it back home. I thanked him for "saving the world."

TavernTreasures

conradical

God Bless our troops.

LindeDad

I found the name of a old friend on the wall yesterday.
Wendel L. Payne he gave me my intial qualification check ride as a Loadmaster on the C-5A Galacy.
He was on the one lost on the baby lift out of Siagon.
Could not find the other friends I lost that day.

ceo32312

Never Forget! Thanks to all serving and to those that have served!!!

ps..got to give love to my fallen brothers and sisters also! IAFF Fallen FF Memorial

ibzman350

Herb

AnkurJ

God Bless our troops

CB2597

THANK YOU TROOPS!!! God Bless you all and may HE keep you safe.

Goldbully

Thank you American soldiers!!!!!!

NHSBaseball

<< <i>I bought a collection from an 87 year-old WWII vet yesterday. He was a flight engineer/turret gunner on a B-17. He flew 29 missions over Nazi Germany. Of his squadron of over 200 men, he was one of 20, or so, who made it back home. I thanked him for "saving the world." >>



My Grandfather (now deceased) was a bombardier flying B-26's in WWII in the Army Air Corps. One of the coolest things was a Veterans Day program at my daughter's school where her band played a medley of all of the various service songs, and asked Veterans of each service to stand when their branch song played. The kids the gave boutiniers (sp?) to all of the service veterans. I have rarely seen my Grandfather so moved as when my Daughter gave him his.

FullStrike

Overheard at a recent Billionaires convention:

Thank God for the working class poor that are willing to risk the only one thing they have that is priceless - their lives. And why are they willing to do this? I can't figure it out - but I sure am glad they do it. Without their sacrifice, I'd never be the man I am today. I profit by war and also by everything the poor working class does in their everyday lives.

Let's hope these people never figure out our secrets, Brothers. Else we may lose the freedom to rule over the world as we do. Yes, Brothers freedom isn't free. I'm just glad we don't have to pay for it with our own blood. The poor are so willing to give up their own blood for far less than most of us earn in 2 seconds off our interest payments.

Amazing. Amazing. How do we have it so good.

ArizonaJack

God Bless our service people and those who have fallen.

This is my 1st Memorial Day since my daughter joined the US NAVY

pursuitofliberty

ArizonaJack ... this is my son's first year in the USN as well. Thankfully, some of us are still willing to serve.

I posted this yesterday ...


to all that served before me ...

to all that served with me ...

to all that served since me ...

and to all that serve today ... (including my son and ArizonaJack's daughter)

I remember ... and I thank you!



USN Avionics Tech ... F/A-18 Hornet Handler ... 1983-1989

GFourDriver

<<<I found the name of a old friend on the wall yesterday.
Wendel L. Payne he gave me my intial qualification check ride as a Loadmaster on the C-5A Galacy.
He was on the one lost on the baby lift out of Siagon.
Could not find the other friends I lost that day.>>>

Linde, here is a link to the civilian casualties that day. Surprisingly, only 5 of the 17 crewmembers on board perished.

Operation Baby lift

Here is a list of the Air Force casualties, you may have to hunt a bit to find them all.

USAF

HighRelief

My Grandpa G. was a machine gunner back in the "Great War" Here are his medals that he had the honor to show for his courage. He was wounded in the Black Forest at the battle of Argonne, hit in 12 different places with shrapnel, one piece breaking his left leg. He lived to tell his story and was one proud American.

Kareemofwheat

I watched the flag pass by one day,
It fluttered in the breeze;
A young Marine 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 is not 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 is not Free!

K Strong

silverpop

My uncle served in korea, lost a lot of friends

To those who are serving or have served ,a big thank you for your service

And to those who died defending freedom or are missing in action, you will never be forgotten

Danegeld

Agree, we should salute all of those served and never came home as well as those who served in any capacity. Sacrifices by long forgotten individuals large and small have made this nation free.

Goldbully

<< <i>Agree, we should salute all of those served and never came home as well as those who served in any capacity. Sacrifices by long forgotten individuals large and small have made this nation free.
>>

OPA

<< <i>God Bless to who have gave their lives in battle for freedom for all of us to live the way we do today. >>



Amen

ksteelheader

What Is A Veteran?

A 'Veteran' -- whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve-- is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America,' for an amount of 'up to, and including his life.'

Tvac897

God bless the troops!

DNADave

what happened to the OF list of forum members that have served? Did anyone save it?

Thank you all.

YaHa

Let's hope these people never figure out our secrets,


I will tell anyone our secret but it does them no good because they don't have one thing and it is