Veterans Day !!!

Timbuk3

Thanks to all the veterans that had served
so honorably in our Armed Forces. This is
your day. May you and family be blessed
with a happy and safe holiday

AUandAG

Here's a link to our currency forum that has some pics and info....

bob

Vets

MidLifeCrisis

3keepSECRETif2rDEAD

May God Bless Every United States Veteran! THANK YOU for YOUR SERVICE, COURAGE and SACRIFICE! my Freedom IS ONLY what it is BECAUSE of YOU

Erik

Zoins

To all veterans, those that have served and still serve, God bless and a very heart felt thank you

Photos from the 2013 USS South Dakota BB-57 reunion.

TwoKopeiki

God bless those who served and still serve.

2004 was the longest year of my life

TireKicker

<< <i>Thanks to all the veterans that had served
so honorably in our Armed Forces. This is
your day. May you and family be blessed
with a happy and safe holiday >>



AGREED!!!

illini420

Definitely a happy Veteran's Day for my family this year. My younger cousin was injured in Afghanistan last year. Last night at a local college football game, he and his family were given a new home mortgage-free!

Link to Story

Great to see the community support the vets like that!

SaorAlba

<< <i>To all veterans, those that have served and still serve, God bless and a very heart felt thank you

Photos from the 2013 USS South Dakota BB-57 reunion.

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Now that hits home - I once had a bunch of those medallions and have no idea where they went. My dad is from SD - and when you click on the link you will see one of his Alumn from his college days - Tom Brokaw!

SaorAlba

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Definitely a happy Veteran's Day for my family this year. My younger cousin was injured in Afghanistan last year. Last night at a local college football game, he and his family were given a new home mortgage-free!

Link to Story

Great to see the community support the vets like that!



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Definitely nice to see and a far cry from when my dad returned from Viet-Nam back in early '73.

oldsubguru

I remember well the days of Nam and the disdain that was felt towards our service men and women. While I never made it to Vietnam, my service was 21 years (1962 - 1982) in the Submarine force.

It is extremely heartening to see the turn-around that people now have for our armed forces; they do deserve it and much, much more.

Robert (BJ) Neff
Retired USN Submarine Force

ricko

Recently, at my Navy ship's reunion, we toured a newly launched ship - the U.S.S. Arlington. It was with great pleasure and pride, I (and the rest of us old sailors) met the current sailors and officers of this great vessel and toured their current assignment. So many citizens do not realize that these great ships - and our entire defense system from foot soldiers to aircraft, is in the hands of young (18 years and up) men and women who operate seamlessly to do their duty and provide the rest of us with the security many take for granted. What an amazing country we have and our military men and women certainly represent the best of America. I salute all our military men and women, past and present.

Cheers, RickO

Twobitcollector

chiefbob

Great pics and stories on this Veterans Day. Thanks to all those vets who served, no matter where or when or with whom. Everyone contributed to keeping the U.S. Armed Forces the most powerful military on earth.

Twokopeicki: that's one military award you don't want to "earn". Hope you are doing well now. I assume you were wounded in Iraq as 2003-2004 saw some of the fiercest fighting.

Oldsubguru: Bob, I couldn't agree more. Viet Nam vets had to quietly slip back into our country. Three years ago I had a Yahoo contributor assignment on this very topic.

"Treatment of Vets Shifts From Antagonism to Admiration"

The WWII guys and gals deserve our deepest gratitude. We would be speaking German or Japanese right now if not for their sacrifices.

Bob

bigjpst

Thank you to all the Veterans for your service, and the freedom that you provide for all of us.

ambro51

L....maybe someday ALL veterans will be "peacetime" vets

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CoinZip

Thank you to Veterans and their families.

I served aboard the USS Normandy CG-60 during Operation Desert Storm/Shield and later aboard USS Shiloh CG-67. I was a Plank Owner on both which means I was stationed on both ships while they were being built, precommission duty.


The USS Normandy was stationed in Staten Island NY, some time after I was transferred to my next duty station she was transferred to Norfolk. I often wondered if the events that happened in NY on 9-11 would have been different if she was still in NY, and not deployed....

DUIGUY

BillJones

Here is a set of World War II participation medals. There pieces were awarded to every service person who served either at least 30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days during the period from December 7, 1941 to March 2, 1946. I learned about the existence of these pieces from a "Young collectors set" that was issued with an Uncirculated 1991-1995 World War II Uncirculated commemorative half dollar. I kept an eye out for these at the shows and finally ran into all but one of them at the recent Lakeland, Florida show.

There was also the American defense medal which was awarded to service people who served before the war during period in which Franklin Roosevelt declared first a "limited emergency" on September 8, 1939 when the Nazis invaded Poland and an "unlimited emergency" on May 27, 1941 as the war deepened in Europe. Here is that medal.



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Then there were medals that were awards to service personnel after the war began. A different medal was awarded depending upon the area in which that service person served. Here is the European and Middle East (North Africa) medal. Obverse by Thomas Hudson Jones.



Reverse by Adoph Weinman



The Asia medal also by Jones and Weinman



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And American medal for those who served stateside.



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And the World War II victory medal that was awarded to all who served.



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spy88

I enlisted in 1968 for Army Air Traffic Control School @ Keesler AFB, Miss. then spent
the next 2 1/2 years stuck in Ft. Rucker, Ala. training fixed/rotary wing pilots for Nam.
I say "stuck" because I hated the humidity, gnats and worst of all, the civilian attitude
toward" people of color" (walk in the gutter if whites came toward you, could not use
public drinking fountains, separate restrooms, etc). Actually put in for a transfer to Nam
but it was denied.

Although I hated it at the time, I now think of it as the best experience any 18-21 year old
male/female can do to prepare you for life in general. It instilled in me qualities I've
relied upon many times since. I also now value the memories and pictures from it more then
my high school memories and year books.

I can only hope that there will be a future free of conflict for the children of the vets
in combat and/or returning, and civilians. Really, was there ever a time in the last 300 years
when the entire world was at peace?

My hat is off to those of you who served in the military in any capacity and pray for the safe
return of family members/friends now serving. May they be free in mind and sound of body.

GeorgeKellogg

Happy Veterans Day to our vets and to all Americans!

coinrollhunter

There sure is a lot of "god" talk in a thread that is supposed to be about honoring the military. Is this day to honor the military, or to honor religion?

BillJones

<< <i>I can only hope that there will be a future free of conflict for the children of the vets in combat and/or returning, and civilians. Really, was there ever a time in the last 300 years
when the entire world was at peace?
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For a brief time after the Soviet Union fell, the main stream news media announced during Christmas of that year that the world was at peace. It did not last for long.

lcoopie

Time to thanks those great Americans who made it possible for us to be here.

ThePennyLady

I've posted these before, but I am so proud to have a dad who not only spent a large part of his life serving his country, but as a 20-year old Navy Seaman, he was there on the docks right next to the USS Shaw as it took a direct hit by the Japanese, and by the Grace of God, he survived as a munition flew from the ship and landed right next to him but did not explode. He stayed in the Navy until his retirement as a CWO2.

My Dad, Edward Waszkiewicz, turned 92 this year, and while he just lost his wife (my mom) of almost 60 years, he is doing pretty well. I love him dearly and would like to honor him and all other Veterans on this day. With all of my heart, thank you for your service!




Taken in Pearl Harbor prior to the attack - my dad is top right









My sister, Corrine, my Dad, and me only 4 days before my Mom passed away

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littlebear

To all of our veterans and servicemen, our sincerest thanks for all that you have done and continue to do. Most of us will never fully comprehend the hell that many of you went through and continue to go through. Veterans Day should be EVERY day, and not just one day a year........


Larry L.

johnny9434

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<< <i>Thanks to all the veterans that had served
so honorably in our Armed Forces. This is
your day. May you and family be blessed
with a happy and safe holiday >>



AGREED!!! >>

I'll second that.

TwoSides2aCoin

'76-'79, '85-'88
Cavalry/Infantry
Salutations brothers in arms

spy88

<< <i>For a brief time after the Soviet Union fell, the main stream news media announced during Christmas of that year that the world was at peace. It did not last for long. >>


Thanks for that Bill. I remember it but considered it more of a "lull" between conflicts
rather than a time of peace.

thisnamztaken

<< <i>Thanks to all the veterans that had served
so honorably in our Armed Forces. This is
your day. May you and family be blessed
with a happy and safe holiday >>



Amen!!

Darrell

Thanks to all of the veterans. I am proud of my father who served on the destroyer the USS Bailey in the south pacific. His ship helped take Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian islands from the Japanese. One of these islands was later used as an airport for the plane that carried the nukes to Japan.

wdrob

<< <i>There sure is a lot of "god" talk in a thread that is supposed to be about honoring the military. Is this day to honor the military, or to honor religion? >>





There are no agnostics in a foxhole!

Dave99B

Thank you, Vets. That's all I can really say. Thank you....without you, we have nothing. Period.

You make me so proud to be an American.

I've been a Seattle Seahawks season ticket holder for about 10 years. During every home game they ask the military to standup, both current, and retired. It's so great to be able to look around, and shake a few hands of true HEROS!

Dave

coinrollhunter

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<< <i>There sure is a lot of "god" talk in a thread that is supposed to be about honoring the military. Is this day to honor the military, or to honor religion? >>





There are no agnostics in a foxhole! >>



But there are quite a few atheists in foxholes. Here are a couple

I don't know what your post was supposed to mean-so I don't want to quote you out of context or make you out to mean something you didn't. But the statement "there are no atheists in foxholes" has been proven false repeatedly. (I know you said agnostics, not atheists.) There are many examples of atheists putting their life on the line. People can serve in the military and be in scary situations without believing in a higher power. If you are in the middle of a battle and you are in danger, it makes no sense to pray... do something to help yourself-don't waste your time appealing to a power that probably doesn't exist.

coinrollhunter

This isn't meant to drag down a holiday or say that people who disagree with me are bad, but saying that certain people don't serve in the military, or "aren't in foxholes" is a comment I am not going to let slide.

wdrob

<< <i>This isn't meant to drag down a holiday >>



Your right. What ever you want to believe, you are right.

There is no reason for me to debate a non issue and drag down a day to honor those that have sacrificed for you to be right or to give you that "holiday". After all ... that is all it is isn't it; Just another holiday.

Outhaul