Veterans Day

[smokeywolf]

A very BIG thank you to all who volunteered to go in harms way and all who actually made that journey. None of us would have what we have or be where we are without your courage, sacrifice and dedication.

Hope all have an especially pleasant day.

R.J.

 

[Winelover]

Veteran's Day, 1975 will always be memorable in our household. Cindy's father, a Navy Vet, passed. George was only forty-six years old.

 

[Cherokee]

A lot of us never received the respect deserved, back then and now. I would do it again. Thank you to all that served and are serving today.

 

[Gary]

I will still honor MY CONTRACT with the USA if need be; however at 74 I doubt I could fill much of a void. I swore to uphold the CONSTITUTION of the United States of America and I hope the Supreme Court does likewise.

 

[RBHarter]

Those that served have my humble respect .
I've come from a long line of service men and women and have added to that line .

I just humped ammo for the 5 branches and occasional allies .

 

[Rick]

A lot of us never received the respect deserved, back then and now. I would do it again. Thank you to all that served and are serving today.

Yep strange times back then. To get the airlines military discount you had to fly in uniform. To wear the uniform in the airport meant you got spit on or worse. No regrets though. Have Old Glory flying proudly on the house today.

 

[Gary]

Those that served have my humble respect .
I've come from a long line of service men and women and have added to that line .

I just humped ammo for the 5 branches and occasional allies .

Back in the day, that was termed "A Direct Support Activity"; we all did our part. USN 1965~1969,

 

[HM8485]

I will still honor MY CONTRACT with the USA if need be; however at 74 I doubt I could fill much of a void. I swore to uphold the CONSTITUTION of the United States of America and I hope the Supreme Court does likewise.

Me too. I was a Corpsman, and I probably could help out with my additional 50 years of working in health related fields and an earned doctorate. We were treating PTSD before it had the name, and our generous leaders were giving out bad conduct discharges, as they refused to recognize this disorder (never heard of combat fatigue, shell shock, etc.). I do get a little pissed off when I heard that people were being treated for PTSD these days because they saw their cat get run over by a car or lost their phone.

 

[popper]

Never did feel any 'disrespect' but traveling in dress blues in the summer was a pita. Got a date with jr HS gal - she wanted to go someplace fancy but realized I would be uncomfortable in blues in KC in the summer. Didn't have any dress civies, just worn out jeans & Polos. Did have fun targeting those pesky Rus Bears.
USN 61-65
Sill honor my FIL. Nav on B24 - had to take over the nose turret that was shot up. Tossing everything not bolted down to keep flying till they got over land then belly flop. Didn't complain much about his bad back.

 

[JonB]

Thank you to all Veterans.

 

[462]

Offering up a snappy salute to all my veteran brothers and sisters.

Yep, would do it all again -- no regrets.

Air Force F-100, F-4 weapons mechanic February '67- April '71
Phan Rang Air Base June '68-June '69

 

[Winelover]

Sill honor my FIL. Nav on B24 - had to take over the nose turret that was shot up. Tossing everything not bolted down to keep flying till they got over land then belly flop. Didn't complain much about his bad back.

My father was a turret gunner on the B24 Liberator.

 

[Gary]

Me too. I was a Corpsman, and I probably could help out with my additional 50 years of working in health related fields and an earned doctorate. We were treating PTSD before it had the name, and our generous leaders were giving out bad conduct discharges, as they refused to recognize this disorder (never heard of combat fatigue, shell shock, etc.). I do get a little pissed off when I heard that people were being treated for PTSD these days because they saw their cat get run over by a car or lost their phone.

HM2 8483

 

[dannyd]

Been carrying military ID card for over 45 years

 

[RBHarter]

In hindsight my job was probably almost as hazardous as service but I never thought about that way .
I was never in a place to be in line of fire , and I was never asked to give all .
A Doc ask if my job was stressful once , I replied that I liked my Boss and coworkers and the drivers for the most part . "What do you do ?" , " I load trucks , seavans , and rail cars." , "With ?" , "Just stuff in green cans about the same age as my mother ." Of course it was understood what the contents were generally .......

Those that serve/d deserve more than I .

 

[462]

RB,
A short-term co-worker ( about 2006) loaded bombs onto ships, at the Concord Naval Depot, during the Viet Nam war. Later, I loaded the same bombs on F-100s.

 

[Rick H]

My old colleague and current hunting partner spent a good part of the late 60's and early 70's on Guam loading bombs and 20mm shells onto B-52's. I was lucky, stayed stateside pulling white hat duty and working out SOP's for POW camps. Can't say I am sorry about that.

 

[dannyd]

I always laugh at the late Senator McCain and this new guy Mr. Kelly because they always act like they did their missions on their own. Both of those guys were Attack pilots and needed all the help they could get. I Only Know about the U.S. Navy but We are the largest" We "outfit in the World. Even moving the Seals took hundreds to thousands of people, so they could complete their mission. From the Fry cook to the Flight deck it took all of us. There was no one in this picture that was not important or didn't help go those Aircraft off the roof of the carrier to their mission. Plus Mr. Kelly flew with his mother (Bomber/Navigator) who told him where to go and how to get there.

 

[RBHarter]

462
It's entirely possible I handled the same lots ......

 

[462]

A cool irony, if so.