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thanks everyone who has served
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Hey you paid for me to travel to exotic lands, fly really cool airplanes, shoot machines guns without regard for ammunition costs and blow shit up, just because! Thank You!
Seriously, You're welcome. It was my privilege to serve my Country and in doing so serve my fellow Countrymen. Eat BBQ and drink beer But never forget the sacrifices that have been made so that you CAN eat BBQ and drink beer on this day. NEVER FORGET.
Seriously, You're welcome. It was my privilege to serve my Country and in doing so serve my fellow Countrymen. Eat BBQ and drink beer But never forget the sacrifices that have been made so that you CAN eat BBQ and drink beer on this day. NEVER FORGET.
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I voluntarily enlisted and served proudly for 6 years. It was my pleasure to serve this great country. God Bless America and all of our troops - both past and present. Remember all of our fallen heroes!
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I called my friend Kip today in Florida to wish him a happy Memorial Day and again to thank him for his service to our nation.
He's an 88 year old WW2 Naval Combat Vet that served on a Destroyer (USS Schenck DD-159) in the Atlantic, as an escort ship for merchant marine vessels and aircraft carriers.
He was 17 years old when he joined the navy in October of 1941.
Little did anyone know that within two months of joining, our nation would be at war.
His convoy came under attack by German U-Boats on Christmas Eve 1943, and his ship just missed being torpedoed by mere inches.
Luckily the bow of the ship rose on a swell just as a torpedo was about to strike, the torpedo actually passed right under the bow.
They dropped depth charges and sunk U-645, but another Destroyer in the convoy, the sister ship to his (USS Leary DD-158), wasn't so lucky, it was hit by a torpedo and sunk.
He and his shipmates rescued the survivors and recovered the remains of those from the Leary.
I found a few vendors on fleabay that were selling Naval Covers, which are basically letter envelopes, bearing the postmark of the USS Schenck. (every naval vessel has their own postmark, just like any post office)
I purchased several from the Schenck and a few from the Leary, which I mailed to him last week, so that he would have them before Memorial Day.
I just got off the phone with him, and he was all choked up with emotion when he saw the covers that came from the very ship he served on, and of the sister ship whos crew members he helped rescue.
He said it really brought back memories, not all of them good. [sad2]
Every Veterans Day and Memorial Day I tell him "thanks for saving the world" (which I say to all WW2 vets), but he's a humble guy and doesn't think of himself as a hero, just a guy who had an important job to do, and he got it done.
There's a reason why WW2 Vets are called "The Greatest Generation".
I hope I'll have many more opportunities in the future to again say to him "Thanks for saving the world".
He's an 88 year old WW2 Naval Combat Vet that served on a Destroyer (USS Schenck DD-159) in the Atlantic, as an escort ship for merchant marine vessels and aircraft carriers.
He was 17 years old when he joined the navy in October of 1941.
Little did anyone know that within two months of joining, our nation would be at war.
His convoy came under attack by German U-Boats on Christmas Eve 1943, and his ship just missed being torpedoed by mere inches.
Luckily the bow of the ship rose on a swell just as a torpedo was about to strike, the torpedo actually passed right under the bow.
They dropped depth charges and sunk U-645, but another Destroyer in the convoy, the sister ship to his (USS Leary DD-158), wasn't so lucky, it was hit by a torpedo and sunk.
He and his shipmates rescued the survivors and recovered the remains of those from the Leary.
I found a few vendors on fleabay that were selling Naval Covers, which are basically letter envelopes, bearing the postmark of the USS Schenck. (every naval vessel has their own postmark, just like any post office)
I purchased several from the Schenck and a few from the Leary, which I mailed to him last week, so that he would have them before Memorial Day.
I just got off the phone with him, and he was all choked up with emotion when he saw the covers that came from the very ship he served on, and of the sister ship whos crew members he helped rescue.
He said it really brought back memories, not all of them good. [sad2]
Every Veterans Day and Memorial Day I tell him "thanks for saving the world" (which I say to all WW2 vets), but he's a humble guy and doesn't think of himself as a hero, just a guy who had an important job to do, and he got it done.
There's a reason why WW2 Vets are called "The Greatest Generation".
I hope I'll have many more opportunities in the future to again say to him "Thanks for saving the world".
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