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Marc
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob H
Thanks Dennis!
US Navy, June 1969 to April 1973
Radioman 2nd class....
3 years, 9 months, 21 days! Proudly!
Bob H |
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[Edited on 11-7-2010 by Marc]
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Skeet/Loreto
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Thanks Dennis:
U. S. Navy October 1950 to August 28th 1954
Aviation Flight Engineer 2nd Classs Petty Officer
3 years ,9 months, 28 Days
I learned a lot.!!
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castaway$
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I served on the U.S.S Horne CG-30, Audacity always Audacity, STG 2nd class.
I was fortunate to see quite a bit of the world as a young man via the ship including Baja and mainland Mexico.
Can't say that we need a draft but I think lots of our youth would benefit from a short stint in the military I know it woke me up ansd showed me I
could achieve anything I set out to do.
Fair winds and following seas to all those that are serving or have served.
Live Indubiously!
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mike odell
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Thanks to all the Vets
USN 1965-1969
Cubi Point P.I. Danang Nam,Attack Squadron VA-196
USS Constelllaton, South China Sea 2 Tours
latrinidadrvranchrestaurant.com
Everybody knows Murphy\'s Law.
Martinez Law; Murphy was a damn optimist!
Quote by: Jimmy Smith
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RonnieRockCod
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U.S. Marine Corps 1946-1968
Dog Co 2/5 1st Marine Brigade
Korea Aug 50-Mar51, Viet Nam 67-68
Married 36 yrs on MarCor birthdate 10Nov10.
Semper Fi and congrates to all Vets and thanks
to all for your good wishes. It was a pleasure. RRC.
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sanquintinsince73
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| Quote: | Originally posted by RonnieRockCod
U.S. Marine Corps 1946-1968
Dog Co 2/5 1st Marine Brigade
Korea Aug 50-Mar51, Viet Nam 67-68
Married 36 yrs on MarCor birthdate 10Nov10.
Semper Fi and congrates to all Vets and thanks
to all for your good wishes. It was a pleasure. RRC. |
Thank you for your service. Semper Fi, Marine.
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woody with a view
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having never served, i find a certain amount of satisfaction working for the best design-build contractor in the UNITED STATES. our goal, from the
founder down to the newest laborer, is to provide our biggest customers (USMC and US ARMY=TAXPAYERS) the best possible value and to meet the needs of
the war fighter in this new millenium.
THANKS TO ALL WHO CAME BEFORE, AND TO THOSE WHO STILL SACRIFICE.
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Marc
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My wife and youngest daughter were in San Diego this past July and I wanted to show them where I spent my boot camp at NTC San Diego in 1959. Well
it's all gone now. Just the chapel and the post headquarters building and one set of guns are left. It's now a shopping center, a park and
condominiums.
I went into the supermarket there and above the checkout stands was a hugo old photo of hundreds of Bluejackets standing at quarters in front of those
old white barracks. They were in dress blues with SA stripes so it was probably their last muster at boot camp. And they were all smiling and I know
how they felt.
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DENNIS
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BUMP
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Sunman
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I will be visiting my favorite veteran tomorrow at a local veterans home. I visit regularly and enjoy talking with all of the vets there, they all
have stories, amazing stories to tell if you take the time to ask. And I'm not talking about war stories, simply the stories of their lives and what
they did after their service. Truly America's Greatest Generation.
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baitcast
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My hat is always off for any vet past or present,but every veterans and Memorial Day everyone always forgets the good guys all 50,000 of them from the
Korean War who never made it home,the forgotten War or believe it or not a police action.
The politicians of the day could not call it what it was a war,it wouldn,t look good on thier resumes thus a police action.
Rant over..........Navy 1954-1958
Rob
Anyone can catch fish in a boat but only \"El Pescador Grande\" can get them from the beach.
I hope when my time comes the old man will let me bring my rod and the water will be warm and clear.
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bajalearner
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Thanks. 1st Armor Division and 7th Infantry Division, Helicopter pilot 1979-1985. I wish I could re-live that. And a salute to those who gave all
or their pain.
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KASHEYDOG
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Mood: SO MANY TACOS, SO LITTLE TIME... Gotta Go, See ya there.... 
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http://www.beforeyougo.us/play_byg
Thank you U.S.A. and all who have given.
Happy Birthday MARINES ( JAR HEADS.. .. ) and Happy Veterans Day to all.
SON OF A CAREER MARINE &
U.S NAVY 1966 / 1970
UDT TEAMS 11 & 12
HOOOYAAAH
[Edited on 11-10-10 by KASHEYDOG]
Don\'t mess with the old dog...... Age and skill will always overcome youth and treachery! Brilliance only comes with age and
experience.....  .... ....
Are you getting the most out of life OR is life getting the most out of you ?? 
Twenty years from now you\'ll be more disappointed by the things you didn\'t do then the things you did.
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baitcast
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Veteran's day another chance.
Bump
Anyone can catch fish in a boat but only \"El Pescador Grande\" can get them from the beach.
I hope when my time comes the old man will let me bring my rod and the water will be warm and clear.
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djh
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Happy Veterans Day ~ and thanks to all of you who serve / served
Back in September, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a social studies school teacher at Joe T. Robinson High School, in Little Rock,
Arkansas, did something not to be forgotten.
On the first day of school, with the permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, she removed all of the desks
from her classroom.
When the first period kids entered the room they discovered that there were no desks.
'Ms.. Cothren, where are our desks?'
She replied, 'You can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn the right to sit at a desk.'
They thought, 'Well, maybe it's our grades.'
'No,' she said.
'Maybe it's our behavior.'
She told them, 'No, it's not even your behavior.'
And so, they came and went, the first period, second period, third period. Still no desks in the classroom.
By early afternoon television news crews had started gathering in Ms.Cothren's classroom to report about this crazy teacher who had taken all the
desks out of her room.
The final period of the day came and as the puzzled students found seats on the floor of the deskless classroom, Martha Cothren said, 'Throughout the
day no one has been able to tell me just what he/she has done to earn the right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom. Now I
am going to tell you.'
At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and opened it.
Twenty-seven (27) War Veterans, all in uniforms, walked into that classroom, each one carrying a school desk. The Vets began placing the school desks
in rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside the wall... By the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place those kids started
to understand, perhaps for the first time in their lives, just how the right to sit at those desks had been earned..
Martha said, 'You didn't earn the right to sit at these desks. These heroes did it for you. They placed the desks here for you. Now, it's up to you to
sit in them. It is your responsibility to learn, to be good students, to be good citizens. They paid the price so that you could have the freedom to
get an education. Don't ever forget it.'
By the way, this is a true story.
Please consider passing this along so others won't forget that the freedoms we have in this great country were earned by War Veterans.
djh
Its all just stuff and some numbers.
A day spent sailing isn\'t deducted from one\'s life.
Peace, Love, and Music
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DENNIS
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bump
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Cypress
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Thanks to all US veterans. Have a great Veterans Day.
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Barbareno
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In honor of Remembrance Day I would like you guys to see this video. It is called Highway of Hero's performed by The Trews. And there is such a
highway. It is Hwy 401 and it stretches from Windsor Ontario to Quebec. This is where all the fallen soldiers go to on their final destination.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrkgV5bl7...
[Edited on 11-11-2010 by Barbareno]
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Phil S
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A huge thank you to all veterans out there, and those that gave their lives so we can live in such a great country. Watched maybe five hours of
History Channel yesterday of the WWII series. Incredible footage. These should be shown in the public school system. Make every student attend at
least one 'special' showing.
Join the Air Force & see the world"!! yeah, right!!! Jan l954 to Jan l958
Lackland AFB San Antonio Tx Basic Training
Scott AFB Bellville Ill 9 months
Malmstrom AFB Great Falls Montana (SAC BASE)
1-TDY to Elmondorf AFB Anchorage Alaska 90 days. F84's & KB29's. Was severe winter then l956 & they couldn't get the KB29's engines to start.
We spent most of our time doing the bars in town & seeing movies. Wasn't there a Brass Rail Tavern there during those days?
Finished Staff Sgt.
Still friends with one of the fellows I was stationed with at Malmstrom AFB. He stayed in for 22 years.
ViVA LA VETERANS!!!!!!
[Edited on 11-11-2010 by Phil S]
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DENNIS
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