I can't take credit for writing this...
To all of you who have served and are still serving...Thank you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
What is a Vet?
He is the cop on the beat, who spent 6 months in Saudi Arabia sweating two gallons a day making sure the armored personnel carriers didn't run out of fuel.
He is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks, whose overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred times in the cosmic scales by four hours of exquisite bravery near the 38th Parallel.
She is the nurse, who fought against futility and went to sleep sobbing
nights for 2 solid years in Da Nang.
He is the POW who went away one person and came back another ~ or didn't come back AT ALL
They've forgotten me...God
He is the Quantico Drill Instructor, who has never seen combat ~ but has
saved countless lives by turning boys into Marines, teaching them to watch
each other's backs.
She is the career Quartermaster, who watches the ribbons and medals pass her by.
He is one of the anonymous heroes in the Tomb of the Unknowns, whose
presence at the <http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/> Arlington National
Cemetary must forever preserve the memory of all the anonymous heroes, whose valor died unrecognized with them on the battlefield or in the ocean's sunless deep.
He is the old guy, bagging groceries at the supermarket ~ palsied now and
aggravatingly slow ~ who helped liberate a Nazi death camp ~ and who wishes all day long that his wife were still alive to hold him when the nightmares come.
She is an ordinary and yet extraordinary human being ~ a woman who offered some of her life's most vital years in the service of her country, and who sacrificed her ambitions so others would not have to sacrifice theirs.
He is a soldier and a sword against the darkness, and he is nothing more
than the finest, greatest testimony on behalf of the finest, greatest nation
every known!
So remember .....
Each time you see someone who has served our country, just lean over and say "THANK YOU!" That's all most people need, and in most cases it will mean more than any medals they could have been, or were awarded.
Our Honor is at stake...
It is the soldier, NOT the reporter,
who has given us Freedom of the Press.
It is the soldier, NOT the poet,
who has given us Freedom of Speech.
It is the soldier, NOT the campus organizer,
who has given us the Freedom to Demonstrate.
It is the soldier,
who salutes the flag,
who serves beneath the flag,
and whose coffin is draped by the flag,
who allows the protestor to
burn the flag!
~ author unknown ~
God Bless the Veterans of
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and those
who are currently serving today...L'est us not forget.
To all of you who have served and are still serving...Thank you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
What is a Vet?
He is the cop on the beat, who spent 6 months in Saudi Arabia sweating two gallons a day making sure the armored personnel carriers didn't run out of fuel.
He is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks, whose overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred times in the cosmic scales by four hours of exquisite bravery near the 38th Parallel.
She is the nurse, who fought against futility and went to sleep sobbing
nights for 2 solid years in Da Nang.
He is the POW who went away one person and came back another ~ or didn't come back AT ALL
They've forgotten me...God
He is the Quantico Drill Instructor, who has never seen combat ~ but has
saved countless lives by turning boys into Marines, teaching them to watch
each other's backs.
She is the career Quartermaster, who watches the ribbons and medals pass her by.
He is one of the anonymous heroes in the Tomb of the Unknowns, whose
presence at the <http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/> Arlington National
Cemetary must forever preserve the memory of all the anonymous heroes, whose valor died unrecognized with them on the battlefield or in the ocean's sunless deep.
He is the old guy, bagging groceries at the supermarket ~ palsied now and
aggravatingly slow ~ who helped liberate a Nazi death camp ~ and who wishes all day long that his wife were still alive to hold him when the nightmares come.
She is an ordinary and yet extraordinary human being ~ a woman who offered some of her life's most vital years in the service of her country, and who sacrificed her ambitions so others would not have to sacrifice theirs.
He is a soldier and a sword against the darkness, and he is nothing more
than the finest, greatest testimony on behalf of the finest, greatest nation
every known!
So remember .....
Each time you see someone who has served our country, just lean over and say "THANK YOU!" That's all most people need, and in most cases it will mean more than any medals they could have been, or were awarded.
Our Honor is at stake...
It is the soldier, NOT the reporter,
who has given us Freedom of the Press.
It is the soldier, NOT the poet,
who has given us Freedom of Speech.
It is the soldier, NOT the campus organizer,
who has given us the Freedom to Demonstrate.
It is the soldier,
who salutes the flag,
who serves beneath the flag,
and whose coffin is draped by the flag,
who allows the protestor to
burn the flag!
~ author unknown ~
God Bless the Veterans of
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and those
who are currently serving today...L'est us not forget.