sanquintinsince73
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Veterans Day 2011
Thank you to all of you who helped provide the freedom that we all enjoy. From Belleau Wood, The Solomons, Normandie, Inchon, Khe Sahn,
Kuwait, Bhagdad, and Kabul....thank you.To the gentlemen from Sacramento, Punta Banda, and everyone in between, I say thank you.
Our ambassadors in green fought for freedom overseas so that future generations wouldn't have to fight for it in Santa Monica, Portland, or Boston.
Every day is Veterans day for me. As I shake a hand, render a salute, or just say thank you to a Veteran, I am shaking your hand, saluting you, or
saying "thank you" to you. God bless you and your families.
http://youtu.be/gDrzKBF6gDU
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we're finally wrapping up our project at MCRD San Diego. it's been a privilege to watch each new group of recruits transform into US Marines over the
past year.
a big Thank You to all past and future warriors.
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Thank you, all
And proud to have served!!!!
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castaway$
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Although I didn't serve during a time of war in the USN it opened my eyes and taught me to have the utmost resepct for those in the uniforms. It's
hard to explain the the kinship, the team feeling you develop when you stand next to your brothers and sisters knowing that each would sacrifice their
life for you and for those they don't know for the sake of our nation and our way of life.
If you see somone in uniform today please take the time to thank them, shake their hand tell them you appreciate the honor they bring to their
families and the people of this nation.
Finally, take pause in your day for a moment and bless the souls that have given their lives in the name of freedom.
Fair winds and following seas-
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Live Indubiously!
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DENNIS
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It's an honor to have served and a pleasure to have survived.
Let's all just party down and remember those who weren't so fortunate. What they gave, everything...........they gave for us. Salud
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sanquintinsince73 ...txs!
We are survivors...those of us that came back. Some of us came back broken....some not. Any person that steps up to the plate...is my hero.
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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It is a special day for all who served in the military. It is on this day my thoughts turn to my two uncles, one who served in the 101st Airborne and
was wounded and the youngest brother who made the ultimate sacrifice and went down in a B-24 over Europe. I never met him but there are few I have
more respect for.
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While waiting for my wife to pick me up at the VA hospital in Albuquerque Tuesday, I was reading again about the flag raising on Iwo Jimo. And the
story of Ira Hayes always brings tears to my eyes, how some who came back bodily whole, were still so broken - and we haven't found a way to fix them.
Semper Fi
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One of the sadist stories ... Ira Hayes... liked this version of the song...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfekomjxjRY
And thanks to all... have a good one... 
[Edited on 11-11-2011 by wessongroup]
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sanquintinsince73
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Some WWII music...
http://youtu.be/_CI-0E_jses
http://youtu.be/2pfCFU3Mqww
http://youtu.be/xS5oCLXrQLs
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sanquintinsince73
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| Quote: | Originally posted by greengoes
It is a special day for all who served in the military. It is on this day my thoughts turn to my two uncles, one who served in the 101st Airborne and
was wounded and the youngest brother who made the ultimate sacrifice and went down in a B-24 over Europe. I never met him but there are few I have
more respect for.
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I salute them both.
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They give a whole new meaning to the word "beaches'.
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DENNIS
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Sad day.......for a few reasons. One is, that after fifteen hours into the day, there are no more than a dozen posts to the honor of vets, alive,
or spent to your advantage.
Shameful.
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sanquintinsince73
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Sad day.......for a few reasons. One is, that after fifteen hours into the day, there are no more than a dozen posts to the honor of vets, alive,
or spent to your advantage.
Shameful. |
I was thinking the same thing....all day.
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fishingmako
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YOU KNOW WHAT DENNIS AND SANQ, YOU ARE SO..SO RIGHT, I REALLY BELIEVE PEOPLE DON'T CARE ANYMORE...WE FOUGHT FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE GOOD OLD USA, AND
PEOPLE SAY SO!
ANYWAY I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO THOSE ON HERE WHOM SAID THANKS TO US VETS...AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR SERVING ALONG SIDE OF ME..I PRAY FOR THOSE
THAT DIDN'T COME HOME FROM VIET NAM, AND THEIR FAMILIES.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL
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Lee
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| Quote: | Originally posted by sanquintinsince73
Thank you to all of you who helped provide the freedom that we all enjoy. From Belleau Wood, The Solomons, Normandie, Inchon, Khe Sahn,
Kuwait, Bhagdad, and Kabul....thank you.To the gentlemen from Sacramento, Punta Banda, and everyone in between, I say thank you.
Our ambassadors in green fought for freedom overseas so that future generations wouldn't have to fight for it in Santa Monica, Portland, or Boston.
Every day is Veterans day for me. As I shake a hand, render a salute, or just say thank you to a Veteran, I am shaking your hand, saluting you, or
saying "thank you" to you. God bless you and your families.
http://youtu.be/gDrzKBF6gDU |
Wow. This is touching -- at least for me. Thanks for writing these words.
Got a call today from my Sis thanking me -- something she's never done -- and she lives with my old best friend, also a Nam Vet. So, got a chance to
thank him too.
Gotta thank my Dad who died 40 years ago today in a California VA hospital. Japan POW and Silver Star. Still miss him esp. on this day.
I think Vets appreciate Vets the most though there are some very caring people out there who still believe in honor, duty and country. Thanks for
all the Vets posting here and those who still care for these values. Think it use to have more meaning.
Don't support stupid f'ing wars. Support the Troops.
US Marines: providing enemies of America an opportunity to die for their country since 1775.
What I say before any important decision.
F*ck it.
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bajalou
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| Quote: | Originally posted by wessongroup
One of the sadist stories ... Ira Hayes... liked this version of the song...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfekomjxjRY
And thanks to all... have a good one...
[Edited on 11-11-2011 by wessongroup] |
Thanks for the link - he does a great job.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Lee
Don't support stupid f'ing wars. Support the Troops. |
Well said, Mr. Lee.
I'm a day late, but your dad won't mind. I'll have a couple in his honor today.
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wessongroup
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Yep, one can support the troops and not the "war"... and still be an American ... there are a few doing it right now ... in some pretty nasty and
dangerous places... they are soldiers ... that's their "MOS"...
God bless ... and keep safe...
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The Thing That I Can't Wrap My Head Around
Is that the suicide rate of returned vets is higher than the KIA.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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