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Veterans Day appreciation
JWP
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Veterans Day is Wednesday, November 11, 2026. Share your appreciation of what Veterans have done for this country. Post a coin, or something that reminds of the veteran's that served this country. I was given these coins from people that did not know me but told me thank you for my service.
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I was given this handmade pamphlet by an elementary student at a Veterans Day celebration at a local elementary school a years ago.
This a picture of my dad when he served in the Pacific on PT Boat PT76.
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My dad sailing to Korea. The coldest winter he ever endured.
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Lotta Korean vets say the same thing as well about it being cold 🥶
I had an uncle who was in Korea. He was born in Scotland and grew up in WNY. He also said that was the coldest he had ever been.
My dad was a Navy ETM2 at the end of WWII and my cousin in a Col in the Air Force.
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Don
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Payday in France, 1917 ( admittedly might be deemed slightly off topic as they were partly paid in francs!)
Cleaned up the picture a bit.
Thanks to all who have served!
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Thanks--very much appreciated!
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One of my old Jungle Fatigue Shirts,
Not offered for sale. Thank you for your service and sacrifice.
Here’s a photo of me touring Philadelphia this past June, just before July 4th:
I’m not a veteran, but I’m so appreciative of everyone who was. My dad served during WWII in France and the Philippines.
I love this popular quote:
"A Veteran is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America,' for an amount up to and including their life. That is honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it."
Thank you for your service!
Steve
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My grandfather served in WW I in a Machine Gun Battalion for the US Marines. He is on the right. His older brother on the left was a railroad man and did that in France.
These are his medals. His squad was hit by a mortar which severed his femoral artery and he barely survived.
He spent some months recuperating in a Paris hospital, and we have some letters his father and college girlfriend wrote to him.
Probably the most dramatic letter was actually from his father during the September 1918 influenza pandemic. 25 people a day were dying in Butte, Montana.
My father was in the Navy in WW II. He enlisted in 1944, did radio training, and their destroyer had to be repaired from a kamikaze attack. The war ended before their ship was repaired.
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Happy Veterans Day to all who served and made it through the other side of combat.
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My Dad, my brother, myself and all 5 of my uncles were military, either Army Air Corps or Air Force. Here's a photo of Dad and Crew with his B-24 Doc along with my Wild Weasel service patch and my Hahn AB Challenge coin. Thanks to all who served and their families who served with them.
Jim
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My dad was an Army corporal in Europe between WW2 and Korea. He was a driver for a colonel part of the time he was there.
Recently, I came across this short snorter: “Entering Seward Alaska.” It’s dated Dec, 2, 1941– five days before Pearl Harbor
Glad ya saluted (🖕) 😈
Id like to thank all veterans who served in our mighty military.
The sacrifices made by all service members is not forgotten.
My grandfather served in Italy during WWII as a staff sergeant.
Like most veterans of war he did not talk much about it.
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On a local newscast they interviewed a veteran today. This guy said people shouldn't thank him for his service because he volunteered for duty. He believes the vets who should really be thanked are the ones who were drafted: the ones whose life was interrupted. An interesting observation IMO. My dad was honest in 1944 when he said he didn't want to be drafted but when he received his draft notice he didn't want to fail the physical.
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Like Steve (@winesteven), my dad served in WWII. He accelerated his graduation from HS to enlist, like so many others did back then. And, like so many, he rarely even talked about it, but was humble & honored to serve.
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Thank you veterans for your service. Our great country could not survive without people like you.
Happy Veterans Day! 🇺🇸Today, we honor and thank all who have served our country. Your courage, sacrifices, and dedication will never be forgotten. 🫡
Here are two coins issued by the Philippines to commemorate the anniversaries of the Battles of Bataan and Corregidor honor the courage and sacrifice of the Filipino and American soldiers who defended these strategic strongholds during World War II. Their heroic resistance stands as one of the most significant and stirring chapters in the history of the war. These coins pay tribute to the brave men who fought in their defense.
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Thanks for sharing that. And thank you for your tribute post @JWP and all of our members who have shared (and served).
I kind of feel the same way. I volunteered, and I served ... and today I appreciate the thanks, the nods, the fist bumps and the like ... but my sacrifices were not like those that many, many other Veteran's made over the years.
Those who were drafted, those who saw combat and survived, those who didn't come back quite in one piece ... those are the ones that deserve our real thanks today. Those are the ones we need to make sure we don't leave behind.
Some who read that might question why I didn't include those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. I remember them today too, very much so ... but their day seems to be more in the late Spring (at least to me)
Today, for me, is more about all of those who have ever really endured, persevered, survived ... in defense of this great Country ... and figured out a way to carry on.
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For all the HEROES who were captured by the enemy...
“Never let yesterday use up too much of today.”
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My Dad was a Navy Pharmacist Mate in WW2, treating wounded Marines in combat at both Eniwetok and Guam. He was wounded twice on Guam, nearly losing his right leg to machine gun fire. That was it for him, after a dozen surgeries in Australia and San Diego to save the leg. Two Purple Hearts and a Silver Star.
My Mom was a Navy WAVE in WW2, triaging inbound wounded in the Navy Hospital in Washington DC.
All 5 of my Uncles also saw combat in WW2, one a Marine Major badly wounded on Saipan.
Truly, the Greatest Generation, all deserving of our eternal gratitude.
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“Never let yesterday use up too much of today.”
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My Dad was drafted into the army in April 1941. He was assigned to Project 19 ( A Mission Most Secret ) . It took him about 75 days to cross the ocean in a freighter to Eritrea. He later went through the Holy Land, saw the pyramids in Egypt, was stationed in a castle in England, and crossed into France where he saw Paris. Not bad for a farm boy from Illinois. He was in the army for 51 months.
Seems appropriate to post this HK-663a on Veteran's Day since a story goes that some of these were carried by soldiers from Chicopee MA in WW1 in Europe. Thank you to all the Active Duty and Veterans for their service and sacrifice. I've been in the Air Force for 22+ years, three deployments (most recently in EPIC FURY)... so sincere respect and appreciation to our armed forces.
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Many years ago I had the pleasure of meeting a Veteran of the Spanish American War. He was 99 years old and had a good wit and was fun to talk to. When all this was being arranged…..I had visions of gallant troops rushing San Juan Hill. I brushed up on my history and went in with coffee and a cream donut ( he loved cream donuts). WELL….. there was no talk of gallant battles and thrilling attacks. BUT, he vividly remembered his service….which amounted to weeks of training camp, hot train trips, clothes that didn’t fit ……..and his rather raunchy and detailed descriptions of the “gals” he was “entertained “ by in the brothels of Tampa. He lived to 103.
Sounds like he got lucky with his military service. I don't believe there was a cure for any of the STDs near the dawn of the 20th century.
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On the 11th hour of November 1918 the guns on the Western Front fell silent and the was ended with an Armistice( it wasn't officially over until the Treaty of Versailles was signed in June of 1919)
Pvt Norman McClannahan of Ashton Illinois was born in 1894 and inducted for service May 27 1918 and served 14
Months with the 18th Infantry Regiment, Ist Divison and saw action in St Mihel and the Meuse-Argonne offensive as well as serving in the occupation of Germany after the Armistice.
He was wounded 9-October-1918 suffering a gunshot wound in the shoulder.
The Purple Heart was created as a medal awarded for wounds or death in combat and in 1933 he was awarded the Purple Heart. He was also awarded the Victory Medal with three bars, the Occupation medal as well as a state medal from Illinois.
The Brigade was awarded the Regimental Decoration Fourgerre by France.
He passed away in 1966
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A very moving thread .... Thank you all !
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This is my dad being released from POW camp in Yugoslavia. He had been in the 82nd and 88th. He was captured on a camptured German horse, and they had not eaten his horse when he was released.