Veterans Day November 11, 2017 November 10, 2017, 11:20:43 pm To all of our Veterans please accept our appreciation and gratitude for your service. And for our fallen comrades, we still remember.US Army'68-'72 7 Likes
Re: Veterans Day November 11, 2017 Reply #1 – November 10, 2017, 11:55:45 pm We will second that for all that have served our great nation!Ed and Margie, thank you as well. 3 Likes
Re: Veterans Day November 11, 2017 Reply #2 – November 11, 2017, 01:14:26 am Never forgetThank you to all VeteransJerryUSAF 1963~1967 5 Likes
Re: Veterans Day November 11, 2017 Reply #3 – November 11, 2017, 08:19:53 am I got two all-expense paid tours of the waters off Vietnam on Yankee Station. Plus a 3-month in-country assignment to keep the Air Force from shooting at Navy Planes on strike missions. I was 100% on that. 2 Likes
Re: Veterans Day November 11, 2017 Reply #4 – November 11, 2017, 10:42:39 am I knew I’d seen you somewhere before, Don. Just kidding, but I was also in that part of the world in 1971 & 1972. USS Ajax AR-6 at Vung Tau, repairing PBRs and other coastal patrol craft.Thanks to Ed and Margee for starting this thread, and thanks to all our veterans out there.Larry and Kathy 2 Likes
Re: Veterans Day November 11, 2017 Reply #5 – November 11, 2017, 10:47:33 am Eisenhower published a proclamation in the Federal Register, instructing citizens to recognize Veterans Day on Nov. 11. “On that day, let us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly, on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom, and let us reconsecrate ourselves to the task of promoting an enduring peace so that their efforts shall not have been in vain.”Also let us not forget that on Nov 11 there were about 10,000 casualties and around 2000 deaths before the guns went silent at 11:00 AM.AE31968-1974 1 Likes
Re: Veterans Day November 11, 2017 Reply #6 – November 11, 2017, 11:08:10 am My gratitude and appreciation to all of our Veterans as well, and to those currently serving!Just returned from overseas where our president was following us, I think. He flew into Beijing from Seoul after we left Hong Kong and was getting ready to fly into Clark just as we were leaving the Philippines. The night before we left Clark, we talked to a detachment of Marines who had just arrived to provide security for the visit. Some of them had just arrived home from Afghanistan to only have to turn around to provide security for Trump's visit. I'll only say they were less than thrilled at the assignment. USN1975-1995 1 Likes
Re: Veterans Day November 11, 2017 Reply #7 – November 11, 2017, 03:22:49 pm USAF. 202x0 Feb 71 - Aug 74. Lackland TX, Goodfellow TX, Karamusel Turkey, Clark Philippine Islands, Edwards CA. 2 Likes
Re: Veterans Day November 11, 2017 Reply #8 – November 11, 2017, 03:41:41 pm Another Yankee Station vet for part of my service, all of ‘69 on the Connie and the Kittyhawk attached to CTF 77. Most interesting year of my life! — Jon 3 Likes
Re: Veterans Day November 11, 2017 Reply #9 – November 12, 2017, 12:18:35 am USAMEDDAC Ft. MacArthur 70-71, running ambulance service delivering casualties to medical appointments in San Pedro & Long Beach.The welcome home has improved over the last 40 years. 4 Likes