Veterans Day
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Topic: Veterans Day
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Subject: Veterans Day
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2023 at 9:13am
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Happy Veterans Day to all those that served our Nation. Thank all of you for your sacrifice and service. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
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Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2023 at 4:40pm
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Was down to St Francis church in Lake St Croix Beech MN yesterday as they had a Veteran Dinner there , sit down, fried chicken , scalloped potatoes , corn and pie - Color Guard by Legion post from Bayport MN and over 100 individuals there . Boy Scout troop helping at tables . Got to talk to a few and other vets at table - seems one served on a Cruiser that was part of Combat Div that worked with carriers and we had spent time in many of the same places in Far East ------------- Life lesson: If you’re being chased by a lion, you’re on a horse, to the left of you is a giraffe and on the right is a unicorn, what do you do? You stop drinking and get off the carousel. |
Posted By: Tracy Martin TN
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2023 at 6:40pm
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Appreciate the service they all gave. God Bless them! ------------- No greater gift than healthy grandkids! |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2023 at 7:57pm
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I was at a ceremony yesterday at my Grand kids school. It was really good and well done. They too had the Boy Scouts there and being the color guard. The band played the national anthem and it was GREAT! Sounded like a recording instead of a grade school band. FABULOUS! And not one kid was fooling around or bouncing from one foot to the other like our so called pro athletes. They all had their hand over their heart. First time I've felt proud in a long time. God bless all the kids, the teachers, the families and especially the Vets. Thank YOU. ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2023 at 8:56pm
Thank you to the Veterans on this forum!  This photo has my Dad in it. He is the man to the left in the photo. This was taken after Basic Training in Florida before he shipped overseas to Italy in 1943.
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Date Posted: 12 Nov 2023 at 4:45am
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Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2023 at 7:29am
| An extended Thanks for Your Service to all those that signed that line as so many of us have. |
Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2023 at 1:54pm
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Thank you to all who have served. Extra Thank you to those that were drafted ------------- You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails 1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2023 at 9:30pm
| A HUGE thank you for all who served and are still serving! I have ols Glory flying on top of my combine! |
Posted By: festus51
Date Posted: 20 Nov 2023 at 2:43am
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I'm going to be the grump here that's ok because I'm going to tell every one how I really feel 50 years ago I could have really used the welcome home. I never got it and now I have learned to live with out it Call me a real grumpy I do not care Vets days is just an other day to me I have learned to live with myself ------------- We the unwilling Led by the unqualified Doing the impossible for the Ungrateful |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 20 Nov 2023 at 6:08am
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It's because you were 'taken for granted', that it was 'expected of you' and a different time, different generation. Reasons but not excuses for not be thanked for your service. WWII was the last of the 'real wars',not that Korea or Nam were 'walks in the park'. There is a real problem with the country declaring WAR. that makes it OFFICIAL and conjurs up the REALITY that this WAR will cost blood, guts and people's lives. 'Conflict' doesn't sound so bad, 'support'... heck, nobody can get hurt doing that, let alone killed. There's also the illusion that the USA is the greatest military power in the entire world. An illusion as those in power won't fully engage the enemy.WAR is Hell,both the good and the bad die,Such is the fact of WAR. I for one will say Thank You. Better late than never. ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 20 Nov 2023 at 7:37pm
| Smartest thing you ever wrote jay. Did a tour myself |
Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 21 Nov 2023 at 6:08am
| And you write a lot of smart things |
Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 21 Nov 2023 at 8:30am
| There is a movie called "The Best Years of Our Lives". Story of returning WW2 Vets and what they faced when they got home. My Dad always told me there was nothing good about any war! And he didn't come home to a parade. He came home in early 1946 and most civilians were forgetting about the War!He always said the Heroes were still over there! And I remember one conversation he had with a Vietnam Veteran who he told the same as me that he got to come home,when many didn't! I thank any Veteran for serving and seeing rage in both my Father and youngest Son a Veteran of Iraq, I understand what is now called PTSD! |
Posted By: Ray54
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2024 at 11:08am
| So is bern so patriotic he is getting a real early start. Or just another spammer that is to dumb to check the culture out before coming to cause trouble. |
Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2024 at 12:25pm
DING DING DING winner winner chicken dinner ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |
Ray54 wrote:Posted By: 200Tom1
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2024 at 11:54pm
| I get to thinking about the boys in school ahead of me or behind me that never came home. I still pray for them every now and then. |
Posted By: plummerscarin
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2024 at 6:41am
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Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2024 at 12:37pm
| Yes Tom, I remeber being at the Vietnam vertans wall in Washington and all the names of people lost over there. |