Happy Veteran's Day!

[happystuff]

Thanks to all who served, are serving and will service.

[Tybee]

Thanks to all who served, are serving and will service.

Thanks especially to my uncle, shot down over France and buried in the Normandy cemetery, and my dad, a Marine in Guadacanal, and my father-in-law, who took out a machine gun nest of Germans in the Hertgun forest and had his jaw blown off.

God bless all our veterans. Every last one of you, thank you.

[LDAHL]

It’s the one day of the year where there is such a thing as a free lunch.

[catherine]

It’s the one day of the year where there is such a thing as a free lunch.

A well-deserved one! Thank you for your service, LDAHL and thanks to the other veterans on this forum!

And to my family: My husband who served in the Marines, a brother in the Navy, another brother in the Air Force, and my third brother in the Army. They have all four major branches covered, and I'm so proud of them!

[early morning]

I also am grateful to all who served - Thank you!

[iris lilies]

My dad was on a Navy ship that was blown up, but he survived. Just part of it went kaboom, along with many sea men.

My mom tells the story that my father survived because he was easy to get along with. His superior Officer had just switched his bunk to another part of the ship to separate two bunk mates who were fighting. His former part of the ship got blown up.

[catherine]

My dad was on a Navy ship that was blown up, but he survived. Just part of it went kaboom, along with many sea men.

My mom tells the story that my father survived because he was easy to get along with. His superior Officer had just switched his bunk to another part of the ship to separate two bunk mates who were fighting. His former part of the ship got blown up.

Great stories, IL and Tybee!

[happystuff]

And I will repeat the OP:

Happy Veteran's Day! Thanks to all who served, are serving and will serve.

[Rogar]

Good stories. My dad was in the Army Air Corps before it became the Air Force. As the family story goes, he applied to be on a bomber crew during the war. His acceptance letter came to his father's home, which was his listed mailing address. My grandfather opened it and tore it up. Dad didn't know about that until the war was over. He ended up as a clerk at an air base that trained bomber crews in Texas. That's the story anyway. A lot of people served in supporting roles. I've kept some of his uniform patches in a memorial box that get out sometimes for remembrance. I'll get them out today.

My older brother was a draft dodger during the Viet Nam war. I was OK with that, too.

[sweetana3]

Granddad was in the National Guard in the very early 1900 and they sent him to Mexico. He was then transitioned to the Army as a captain. Served in WWI and WWII until Korea. Father was in the AirForce retrofitting commercial ships for guns and then flying with bombers in the Pacific. Husband enlisted during Vietnam. He was trained in computer work and spent his whole enlistment in Alaska (an overseas assignment). His father served in Europe during WWII. Was there DDay plus 3 or 4 days. Drove an ammunition truck.

I think during research we found ancestors on my husband's side that fought in the revolutionary war and we visited the Andersonville Prison historical site to research his family members lost in the Civil War. My family all immigrated the the US in the 1800s from Europe.

[pinkytoe]

My older brother did two tours in Vietnam as a Green Beret. He is such a gentle soul that it is hard to imagine him as a warrior. I have thought about asking his daughters if they would nominate him for the honor guard flight since he now lives in another state.
My father on the other hand somehow escaped WWII by being in medical school at the time.

[LDAHL]

My grandfather was a doughboy. He got a Silver Star and Purple Heart fighting the German Imperial Army in the Meuse-Argonne Sector. So don’t try defending the Kaiser to me.