Veterans and Rememberance Day

Thanks to all our Australians Veterans on Rememberance Day and all the American Veterans on our Veterans Day.

It's already the 11th in Australia.

 

Ours is tomorrow too. Fiesty bunch those Aussies.

 

Oops! So sorry for the oversight. I feel like a dork.

Woohoo Canada. Now I'm thinking of all the brave Canadians that are serving now and those who've gone before.

 

Looks like we'll be there until 2014 to train the merged Taliban/Afghan military, if Karzai makes a deal with them.:banghead3: Then man either has a harem or his wife is on his case all the time. He can't make up his mind.

 

So many have given their lives or come home in or missing important pieces that affect them the rest of their lives.

Recognizing their sacrifice in some way is so important.

Good thread T-B. Thank you for starting it.

 

I think it's a good idea to change the mission from combat to training.
Those people can learn from us how to fight their own wars.
Although they had no problem handling the russians, as long as they had some hardware, conveniently supplied by the U.S. But they now have a civil war.

 

Andy, those guys have been fighting the West since 1865, when the Brits tried to control their resources. Downhill ever since. We'll just show them how to use our toys, instead of AK-47s.

 

Thank you to our vets.

 

Never forget, new and old.






In Flanders Fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

 

I salute all the men and women who have served our Country in the name of freedom. Bless you all!

 

Thank you to all our Veterans including one of my sons who came home.

 

Veterans Day – The Short History

The date was chosen from the armistice between the Allied nations and Germany that went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918 and was generally regarded as the end of “the war to end all wars” (WWI).
In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day. The original concept for the celebration was for a day observed with parades and public meetings and a brief suspension of business beginning at 11:00 a.m.
The United States Congress officially recognized the end of World War I when it passed a concurrent resolution on June 4, 1926. On June 1, 1954, November 11th became a day to honor American veterans of all wars and the name was changed to Veterans Day.
Side Note: The “Draft” aka “Selective Service” aka “Conscription” was first enacted in 1862. In 1917, Congress passed the Selective Service Act, which required men between the ages of 21 and 30 register. In 1920, the draft was discontinued. The draft was reinstated with President Franklin Roosevelt's creation of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, which required all men, aged 21 to 35 to register for the military draft. The age was later lowered to 18. The act expired in 1947 but was reinstated a year later. From 1948 to 1973, hundreds of thousands of men were drafted to fight in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. In 1973, the draft was ended.
Though the current military is a volunteer force, men between the ages of 18 and 26 must still register with the Selective Service.
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Just a brief history for all of us that may not fully understand how this day to honor our veterans came about.
Honoring Veterans Day from our President: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/11/05/presidential-proclamation-veterans-day
Millions have served us well, with honor and valor. Many were drafted but far more volunteered. Many died for us, many shed blood and were disabled, many suffered mentally and many suffered no adversities but were there in 100% support of their fellow service men and women.
My thanks to all that served ! - Rick

 

I remember when I was a kid....they had a parade around the Capitol Square every Armistice Day.

 

USN
9 Nov. 61 - 8 Mar.66