[cowboy]

I seen the new headed & looked but did'nt see a post to say thanks to all us VETs & the one's of us who are still serving So thanks to all

[chucktx]

what cowboy said!!!!! a thank you and a big thanks to all vets!!!!!!

[voodoochild]

Yes, Thanks to all our veterans, past and present!

[Hot01]

Thanks from me too. When I was on my trip I couldn't help but appreciate the men and women who made it possible for me to exercise my freedom.

[kenfuzed]

Veterans Day falls one day a year, yet I thank every single person who serves and who has served every single day.

Thank you to all our veterans and those who have chosen to serve our country well. You are thoroughly appreciated for your dedication and sacrifices.

[voodoochild]

Let me just clarify that it's not just on veterans day that I appreciate them, it's every single day I wake up.....

[mwelych]

I work part time parking cars for a local parking company. Anyways a service member came on in to park for the Charlotte Checkers (hockey) and when he went to give me the money, I told him to keep it and then thanked him for allowing my wife, kids and I to live free... These guys are the bomb!!!

[99 Softail Custom]

As a soldier, I'd like to say Thanks. I'm happy to see that people appreciate the soldiers and their families for their sacrifices. If you watch the news soldiers and families are used as a means to express the news' political views and their opinions as well as adding their spin on things.

So once again Guys, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bikerputz]

THANK YOU 99 and all the men and woman serving.

[voodoochild]

Ditto to what Putz said.....Thank you 99, you guys are my idols! It's a shame that the media in this country SUCKS!

[AFNurse]

Such a pitty that I did not receive this until after Nov 11. It sings a sad but very true song. I have listened to many old vets telling their "war stories"....never stops amazing me what some of our forefathers have seen and done....and now we are building a whole new crop of these story tellers. Lest we er try to forget........




He was getting old and paunchy and his hair was falling fast,
And he sat around the Legion, telling stories of the past
Of a war that he had fought in and the deeds that he had done,
In his exploits with his buddies; they were heroes, every one.

And tho' sometimes, to his neighbors, his tales became a joke,
All his Legion buddies listened, for they knew whereof he spoke.
But we'll hear his tales no longer for old Bill has passed away,
And the world's a little poorer, for a soldier died today.

He will not be mourned by many, just his children and his wife,
For he lived an ordinary and quite uneventful life.
Held a job and raised a family, quietly going his own way,
And the world won't note his passing, though a soldier died today.

When politicians leave this earth, their bodies lie in state,
While thousands note their passing and proclaim that they were great.
Papers tell their whole life stories, from the time that they were young,
But the passing of a soldier goes unnoticed and unsung.

Is the greatest contribution to the welfare of our land
A guy who breaks his promises and cons his fellow man?
Or the ordinary fellow who, in times of war and strife,
Goes off to serve his Country and offers up his life?

A politician's stipend and the style in which he lives
Are sometimes disproportionate to the service that he gives.
While the ordinary soldier, who offered up his all,
Is paid off with a medal and perhaps, a pension small.

It's so easy to forget them for it was so long ago
That the old Bills of our Country went to battle, but we know
It was not the politicians, with their compromise and ploys,
Who won for us the freedom that our Country now enjoys.

Should you find yourself in danger, with your enemies at hand,
Would you want a politician with his ever-shifting stand?
Or would you prefer a soldier, who has sworn to defend
His home, his kin and Country and would fight until the end?

He was just a common soldier and his ranks are growing thin,
But his presence should remind us we may need his like again.
For when countries are in conflict, then we find the soldier's part
Is to clean up all the troubles that the politicians start.

If we cannot do him honor while he's here to hear the praise,
Then at least let's give him homage at the ending of his days.
Perhaps just a simple headline in a paper that would say,
"Our Country is in mourning, for a soldier died today."