TOPIC: WELCOME HOME, Brothers & Sisters -in- Arms.

to ALL veterans of the armed forces,
(but especially to the heroes of WWII, Korea, RVN & the other far-flung wars, in which you've served)

WELCOME HOME & WELL DONE, "thou good & faithful servant".

every patriot salutes you on this Veteran's day.

yours, satx
USA, retired

thank you satx and other vets,you are in my thoughts.
every veterans day i call my uncle a vietnam vet,who was wounded in action,so if you know a vet,please give them a call and thank them,john

YES., S : A sunny but cool day here in Chattanooga , TN. .Went to town & had free lunch at the big Church.. Nice ceremony .. We may get lucky & find some Mercs on Sat.. .I think my friend is close to a Metal Flake James Bond Carlson., here in town.

71-72 U.S. ARMY

satx78247 wrote:

to ALL veterans of the armed forces,
(but especially to the heroes of WWII, Korea, RVN & the other far-flung wars, in which you've served)

WELOME HOME & WELL DONE, "thou good & faithful servant".

every patriot salutes you on this Veteran's day.

yours, satx
USA, retired

You're Right. All Veterans Gave Something. Some more than others and some GAVE ALL THEY HAVE.
We must Never take our Freedom for granted.
I served, but luckely not when we were fighting.
John

to ALL,

i rather like one of the OLD (there were several) "Oaths of Enrollment", that was taken by some Doughboys of the WWI period, better than the current Oath of Enlistment, as it says, in few words, what "it is about":

" I (state your name) do swear, before Almighty God, that I will willingly lay down my life for liberty and the people of The United States of America."
(signed) John Singleton M. Bankhead, Pvt, Texas Cavalry

note: i found this oath, written on a scrap of paper in my Great Uncle Jack's Bible, years after his death in the 1960s.- it was obviously still important to him, a HALF-CENTURY after he signed it.

yours, satx

Satx,
Yep your so right. I like that oath too by the way. My thanks to all who have served and to those who are still serving!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bob
USN retired

Ditto to all of the above.

I never served, don't necessarily agree with everything the politicians have asked them to do, but am very grateful and appreciative of their service and sacrifice, wherever it may be.

It allows us to stay here and mess about in boats.

Todd

I was asked to serve a great nation at a very unpopular time and refused. For the last ten years or so I've very much regretted my decision. In light of that I have the deepest most profound respect for those who didn't refuse and my thoughts and prayers go out to the men and women of this country who were also asked to serve and Did. Thank you. Hopefully we'll see you all home by years end.
Shipley Lucas

Water wings. Another swab jockey. Only put in six years myself, strictly east coast sailor, two Med cruises, Bath Main to Mayport, Fl. in the mid 60's. If I read correctly awhile ago you were a tailhooker?? Thanks for your service and to all who put it on the line. Just shows to go, you can never get the water out of the sailor.
Thanks.
Cal

Cal,
Yep your right, never can get the water out of the sailor! Actually I was a prior AT and worked on EP-3's out of Rota Spain, then went ECP and was an NFO on E-6A's (707) TACAMO birds out of Oklahoma, Tinker AFB. My time on the boat was disassociated sea tour as the TActical Action Officer (TAO) down in CDC, 2 year tour, USS Enterprise, started Enduring Freedom. Sorry don't mean to steal the thread.

Bob

Waterwings,

you actually are NOT stealing the thread. - it's WHY i started it.

WELCOME HOME, satx

Satx,
Thanks it's a good thread.

Bob

Vietnam vet here. Been there done that. Thank you all.
Freedom isn't free!

Another Retired Airdale here and thx to all who served and the families who probably had the tougher job while we were out doing what we wanted to do. Joe

RM2, USS Tripoli (LPH-10) 1968-72

RM2 USS William H. Standley DLG 32 Later CCG. 1963-1969.
Navconsta Sidi Yahia, Morocco 1965. across the trench from Rota.
Small world. Was in GTMO when it was still GTMO and not a high class hotel.