Thanks Veterans

I post this every Veterans Day here and on other Forum boards even though one person took offense to it one year, so here goes.


What is a Veteran?

A veteran - whether active duty, retired, or national guard or reserve is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check
made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life", and there are way too many people in this
country who no longer understand that.

It is the VETERAN, not the preacher,
who has given us freedom of religion.

It is the VETERAN, not the reporter,
who has given us freedom of the press.

It is the VETERAN, not the poet,
who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the VETERAN, not the campus organizer,
who has given us freedom to assemble.

It is the VETERAN, not the lawyer,
who has given us the right to a fair trial.

It is the VETERAN, not the politician,
Who has given us the right to vote.

It is the VETERAN,
who salutes the Flag,
who serves under the Flag,

ETERNAL REST GRANT THEM O LORD,
AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON THEM.

ALL GAVE SOME, SOME GAVE ALL

Thanks Veterans and God Bless you all

Ol John T Conservative Christian Patriot

AMEN AMEN AMEN We would not be where we are without our veterans!!!!!

Thank you John T, Semper Fi

Couldn't have been said better. Thanks to all our vets.

Well said.Thank you John for posting.Most of all, a big THANK YOU! to our veterans.

Thanks John it has been a long time comming for some of to get the thanks we deserved for our time in the service of the US. I almost lost my life life twice while serving aboard the USS FORT MARION LSD 22 I never thought much about it then but now I know how lucky I was to service those years a long time ago. I have been watching the big storm that hit the Philipines last week and it brings back the memories of our 5 day ordeal in fighting a like storm with 200 MPH wind. It was just another storm back then but now I realize just how lucky we're to service it. So it really makes me proud that I served for all of us to have come though the Cold War and more.
Thank you and all who have served and all who have made it feel like we did more than just get a free trip around the world.
Yes thank you all.
Walt Davies MR2
USS Fort Marion LSD 22.
1958 to 1962

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Notice the flag on my side. My family has been in every war since the Revolutionary War. Three uncles were in WW II another uncle was a Doctor on the Great White Fleet our battleships in the very early 1900s another grandfather was in the Cival War and my 3rd Gt grandfather fought under Jackson at the battle of New Orleans in 1812 War.
We have served with pride for more than 200 years.
Walt

Thanks JohnT. Well said.. My brother and I are both Vietnam Era veterans... I was stationed on Guam supporting the B-52 navigational systems during the bombing campaign. I worked on the planes, my brother piloted them.

That is a wonderful great record, the picture is outstanding,
Very few people have this type of service, Just beautiful.

If you can read this-thank a teacher
If it is in English-thank a soldier
Ellis

Thanks to all vets who fought their wars, but did not get to pick their battles. From another. Navy Vietnam era recruiter who did not get to pick his duty either but did my doggonedest to be fair and honest in southeast Mich.(Grosse Ile

I read today that a veteran is a person who wrote a check , payable to the United States of America, in the amount of; anything up to, and including , my life