Thank you for your service!

[Rattletrap]

To all our Servicemembers past and present thank you!!

[bigdog]

Thanks Rattletrap !

And just to add "FREEDOM IS NOT FREE".

I was Army for 13 years, and entered service in 1968 near the middle of Vietnam war.
I was never deployed there, but God bless all those who did and sacrificed in so many ways !

History: The U.S. actually entered the Vietnam War in 1955, when we initially send military advisors there, along with CIA, war officially ended in 1975. Over 50,000 American soldiers lost there lives.

The greatest number of American soldier lives lost was the Civil War, a staggering 600,000, very sad !
WWII over 400,00 military lives lost.


For those interested, check this list of wars for American military losses:
http://prospect.org/article/american-war-dead-numbers

GOD BLESS AMERICA !

[Descant]

This holiday we honor those who make the other holidays possible. As a Navy vet, I especially like seeing the submarine submerge and sail off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjPmmCtHmfE

[NoBozo]

NAVY: July 1959..September 1968. Supporting submarines. The Silent Service... during the Cold War. It seems like just yesterday NB


EDIT: For those that are curious: What we did..

Read "Blind Man's Bluff" by Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew.

[shifthappens]

USAF - 1963-67 (Nuclear Weapons Specialist). Seems so long ago. I was in when my buddies were 'volunteering' to go to Viet Nam. I wasn't 'allowed' to go because of the highly classified info I was trained for. My only hope is that none of those that have served will ever be forgotten. Even today many times I wonder what my buddies are doing as I have lost touch long ago.

[MAXUM]

Your welcome and thanks to my fellow vets, especially those guys who have had to be in face to face combat, those guys are the real heros.

[longislander]

189th AHC (Assault Helicopter Company) Vietnam: May 1967-Feb. 1969

Basecamp: Pleiku, II Corps Area; also TDY @ FOB 2 Kontum, & Qui Nhon with South Koreans (ROKs -- White Horse Division).


http://189thahc.org/189th_manifest.html

http://189thahc.org/site_directory.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QNlebUDb8U

[ApS]

Originally Posted by bigdog

Thanks Rattletrap !And just to add "FREEDOM IS NOT FREE".I was Army for 13 years, and entered service in 1968 near the middle of Vietnam war. I was never deployed there, but God bless all those who did and sacrificed in so many ways !
History: The U.S. actually entered the Vietnam War in 1955, when we initially send military advisors there, along with CIA, war officially ended in 1975. Over 50,000 American soldiers lost their lives. The greatest number of American soldier lives lost was the Civil War, a staggering 600,000, very sad ! WWII over 400,00 military lives lost. For those interested, check this list of wars for American military losses:
http://prospect.org/article/american-war-dead-numbers

Canadians were fighting the Nazis TWO YEARS before the US was forced to enter that war. At the time, little Portugal had a larger army than ours! The US enlisted nearly 4 million men to meet the war effort. Not counting losses in the Pacific, the number of aviators lost over Germany alone was 44,000. While the US infantry had a tough job, the Merchant Marine had it worse!

Some US heros never made it to the front. A Camp Wyanoke attendee, a skilled pilot and effective Japanese-speaking officer--was assigned to the Southwest Pacific. Enroute, his DC-3 aircraft struck a mountain in Washington state, killing all aboard.

During Memorial Days, let's remember those in the military who died during the routine tasks of repairing or transporting war materials--plus those tasked with the ever-present dangers in maintaining our military's readiness during times of Peace.

Based on my education, I expected to be assigned as a Medic to Vietnam; instead, the Navy entrusted me with a work station covered in Top-Secret documents involving electronic transmissions! (While the USS Canopus--or USS Holland sat at anchor across the base).

Knowing that the very lives of US- and foreign-friendly assets depended on keeping those secrets, makes traitors of those who politicized those secrets or those who even resorted to selling them!

[TheProfessor]

What happened to the Red Poppies?

There were everywhere in Canada on my last trip up there a few days ago.

Does Canada treat their veterans with more respect then folks in the US?

[Barney Bear]

Pcked up a red poppy at the Londonderry Market Basket last week. 🌺