“Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.”
— General George S. Patton, U.S. Army
You Can’t Tell a Vet Just By Looking
He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi Arabia sweating two gallons a day making sure the armored personnel carrier didn’t run out of fuel.
He is the barroom loudmouth whose behavior is outweighed in the cosmic scales by four hours of unparalleled bravery near the 38th Parallel in Korea.
She is the nurse who fought against futility in Da Nang and went to sleep sobbing every night for two solid years.
He is the POW who left one person and came back another.
He is the drill instructor who has never been in combat, but has saved countless lives by turning no-accounts into Marines.
He is the parade-riding legionnaire who pins on his ribbons and medals with a prosthetic hand.
He is the white-haired guy bagging groceries at the supermarket, aggravatingly slow, who helped liberate a Nazi death camp.
A vet is an ordinary and extraordinary human being — someone who offered his life’s vital years in the service of his country.
He is a soldier and a savior and a sword against the darkness, and nothing more than the finest, greatest testimony on behalf of the finest, greatest nation ever known. We will never be able to repay the debt of gratitude we owe.
—Author Unknown—
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November 10th, 2006 at 7:55 am
Two Must-read Posts and Weekend OTA
Two posts I highly recommend you read. One is the (one day early) Veterans Day Post at The World According To Carl. The graphic alone is worth the trip.
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November 10th, 2006 at 9:15 pm
Open Trackback Weekend #27
Leave a post and I’ll be sure to send a ping back to you. Have a great weekend!
November 11th, 2006 at 8:08 am
Veteran’s Day
Today is the day we honor our veterans. Like Ernest Charles Pusey. At age 111 he is Florida’s Oldest surviving WWI veteran. God bless Mr. Pusey and all our veterans. Without their courageous service US Citizens wouldn’t have the many freedoms we do t…
November 11th, 2006 at 9:52 am
As a member of the US Army I served under the 2nd Mar Div in Iraq for one year, having arrived back in the states at the end of June this year. See my tribute to the Marines here.
November 11th, 2006 at 11:51 pm
Great post Carl!..and yea nice pic u designed!..:)
November 12th, 2006 at 1:12 am
Vets: This OneS for YoU
Attention U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard.
This is the day we salute y’all.
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