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Matthew

Matthew

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Thanks to all the vets out there. Enjoy the day.

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I called my dad last night (Viet Nam, '66, 4th Infantry - among other places and times throughout his career), I lost track of what day it was and thought yesterday was the 11th. Oh, well. We did trade some Marine Corp birthday stories, though.
 
Every year my brother, his son, and I have to go to HyVee for breakfast on Veteran's day with my Dad. He always says that he is taking us out for breakfast, and he is paying. It is free for Veteran's. My father is a WWII vet, my brother and I are Viet Nam vets, and my nephew is a Gulf War vet. My Dad stands there an tells everyone who will listen that we are three generations of Veterans. We have to stay there at least an hour and a half. We all made it through the morning, and I took Dad home a little while ago. I have to admit that I am not really into it, but it is such a big thing for my Dad that I can't imagine not going.
 
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Be glad you can still be with your Dad. Many of us have lost ours and miss them dearly.

My Dad was also a WWII vet and told stories of things he did; none about the darker side, but fun stories for the most part. He was very proud when I was commissioned in the Army and served in RVN.

To the vets: thanks for your service; hand salute! For you with family that served; give them your best and thank you for being supportive!

Best,

Dave
 
Here's an interesting story today from Canada:
A beautiful, sobering full-page graphic from the front page of today’s National Post: Each of the dots creating the image below represents one of the 107,156 Canadians killed in both World Wars, the Korean War, peacekeeping operations and the conflict in Afghanistan.



Read more: http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/11/11/we-remember/#ixzz14zlmIlvk
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Forgot I had these pictures.

One of my dad's buddies took a LOT of pictures during '66-'67 when they were together in Viet Nam, he compiled many of his slides on a DVD and gave it to my dad a couple years ago.

Here are just a few of his photos:


Edit: I just added the picture of Bob Hope.
 

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Matthew said:
Thanks to all the vets out there. Enjoy the day.
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Thanks.

What's annoying is I'm here working and all those govt employees
are getting paid to take the day off. Where's the justice?

My dad served in WWII, I was in the Army, my brother was in the Army,
and my son in law spent 15 mos in Iraq.

RT
US Army 69 to 72
 
While I understand the emotional reason for mourning war dead, Veteran's Day is for celebrating the end of the war and the return of the surviving warriors. Memorial Day is for the dead. Veteran's Day is for the living. We celebrated on Veteran's Day that my father came home to us. It was a second Father's Day. After my brother joined the Army and returned to us, the celebration was for the two of them. Today I celebrate my son who will return soon. This morning I turned the corner to a church that had set out a field of flags to memorialize the war dead in Afghanistan. Would that they had populated a field with flags for the living who came home. Today as I turned in to the parking lot at work, the flag was at half-staff for the war dead. Would that our flag had flown high in honor of the living.
 
AuntPeggy said:
While I understand the emotional reason for mourning war dead, Veteran's Day is for celebrating the end of the war and the return of the surviving warriors. Memorial Day is for the dead. Veteran's Day is for the living. We celebrated on Veteran's Day that my father came home to us. It was a second Father's Day. After my brother joined the Army and returned to us, the celebration was for the two of them. Today I celebrate my son who will return soon. This morning I turned the corner to a church that had set out a field of flags to memorialize the war dead in Afghanistan. Would that they had populated a field with flags for the living who came home. Today as I turned in to the parking lot at work, the flag was at half-staff for the war dead. Would that our flag had flown high in honor of the living.
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For us Cannucks, it's Remembrance Day...a combination of Veterans Day and Memorial day where we honour all who have fought for our freedoms, both those who returned, and those who paid the price for us.
 
AuntPeggy said:
While I understand the emotional reason for mourning war dead, Veteran's Day is for celebrating the end of the war and the return of the surviving warriors. Memorial Day is for the dead. Veteran's Day is for the living. We celebrated on Veteran's Day that my father came home to us. It was a second Father's Day. After my brother joined the Army and returned to us, the celebration was for the two of them. Today I celebrate my son who will return soon. This morning I turned the corner to a church that had set out a field of flags to memorialize the war dead in Afghanistan. Would that they had populated a field with flags for the living who came home. Today as I turned in to the parking lot at work, the flag was at half-staff for the war dead. Would that our flag had flown high in honor of the living.
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Very well stated. I'm with you on this. I went to the veteran's breakfast with my dad, and that is what came to mind. All these guys who didn't die in war are there standing in line to get scrambled eggs, bacon, toast, and coffee. They were all cracking jokes and shaking hands. I like Veteran's day a lot better than Memorial day.
 
AuntPeggy said:
While I understand the emotional reason for mourning war dead, Veteran's Day is for celebrating the end of the war and the return of the surviving warriors. Memorial Day is for the dead. Veteran's Day is for the living. We celebrated on Veteran's Day that my father came home to us. It was a second Father's Day. After my brother joined the Army and returned to us, the celebration was for the two of them. Today I celebrate my son who will return soon. This morning I turned the corner to a church that had set out a field of flags to memorialize the war dead in Afghanistan. Would that they had populated a field with flags for the living who came home. Today as I turned in to the parking lot at work, the flag was at half-staff for the war dead. Would that our flag had flown high in honor of the living.
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I'm with you on this, too.

I know that the US and Canada have different meanings for this day. It was also called Armistice Day, too (the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918).
 
Dave Siciliano said:
Be glad you can still be with your Dad. Many of us have lost ours and miss them dearly.

My Dad was also a WWII vet and told stories of things he did; none about the darker side, but fun stories for the most part.

To the vets: thanks for your service; hand salute! For you with family that served; give them your best and thank you for being supportive!
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What Dave said. We lost my dad this year. He served on the Mighty Mo in WWII, and was on board for the surrender.

Thanks to vets for your service, and for fighting to defend this country.

Everskyward said:
I got myself a Remembrance Day poppy last week. That's a nice tradition they have in the GWN.
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And the UK. I got a poppy a couple of years ago when I was in London on this day.
 
JeffDG said:
For us Cannucks, it's Remembrance Day...a combination of Veterans Day and Memorial day where we honour all who have fought for our freedoms, both those who returned, and those who paid the price for us.
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Matthew said:
I'm with you on this, too.

I know that the US and Canada have different meanings for this day. It was also called Armistice Day, too (the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918).
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And you have a marvelous memorial in Ottawa set up so the sun illuminates a special place at the 11th hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
 
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