Full Version: HAPPY VETERANS DAY !
To those of you that are , THANK YOU !
Happy Veterans Day Pappy / Ace.
And for those in Canada, have a peaceful Remembrance Day.
and for those in UK... have a good monday! lol 
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and for those in UK... have a good monday! lol
We have 2 minutes silence for rememberance day (what we call it) here in the UK.
my father was a vet....Thank you all...... 
since when is remberance day/veterans day happy?
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since when is remberance day/veterans day happy?
you are celebrating the victory that happend and marking respect to all those that died.
Thank you to all of you, and for those to come if we go to war. God be with them.
In 1918, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in the eleventh month, the world rejoiced and celebrated. After four years of bitter war, the Allied powers signed a cease-fire agreement (an armistice) with Germany at Rethondes, France on November 11, 1918, bringing World War I to a close. The "war to end all wars" was over.
November 11, 1919 was set aside as Armistice Day in the United States, to remember the sacrifices that men and women made during World War I in order to ensure a lasting peace. On Armistice Day, soldiers who survived the war marched in a parade through their home towns. Politicians and veteran officers gave speeches and held ceremonies of thanks for the peace they had won.
Armistice Day officially received its name in the United States in 1926 through a Congressional resolution. It became a national holiday 12 years later. Congress voted Armistice Day a federal holiday in 1938, 20 years after the war ended. But Americans realized that the previous war would not be the last one. World War II began the following year and nations great and small again participated in a bloody struggle. After the Second World War, Armistice Day continued to be observed on November 11.
In 1953 townspeople in Emporia, Kansas called the holiday Veterans' Day in gratitude to the veterans in their town. Soon after, Congress passed a bill introduced by a Kansas congressman renaming the federal holiday to Veterans' Day. Beginning in 1954, the United States designated November 11 as Veterans Day to honor veterans of all U.S. wars. 1971 President Nixon declared it a federal holiday on the second Monday in November.
Americans still give thanks for peace on Veterans' Day. There are ceremonies and speeches and at 11:00 in the morning, most Americans observe a moment of silence, remembering those who fought for peace.
After the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War, the emphasis on holiday activities has shifted. There are fewer military parades and ceremonies. Veterans gather at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. to place gifts and stand quiet vigil at the names of their friends and relatives who fell in the Vietnam War. Families who have lost sons and daughters in wars turn their thoughts more toward peace and the avoidance of future wars.
Veterans of military service have organized support groups such as the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. On Veterans' Day and Memorial Day, these groups raise funds for their charitable activities by selling paper poppies made by disabled veterans. This bright red wildflower became a symbol of World War I after a bloody battle in a field of poppies called Flanders Field in Belgium.
I served 22 years in the USAF, and damned proud of it.
November 11, 1919 was set aside as Armistice Day in the United States, to remember the sacrifices that men and women made during World War I in order to ensure a lasting peace. On Armistice Day, soldiers who survived the war marched in a parade through their home towns. Politicians and veteran officers gave speeches and held ceremonies of thanks for the peace they had won.
Armistice Day officially received its name in the United States in 1926 through a Congressional resolution. It became a national holiday 12 years later. Congress voted Armistice Day a federal holiday in 1938, 20 years after the war ended. But Americans realized that the previous war would not be the last one. World War II began the following year and nations great and small again participated in a bloody struggle. After the Second World War, Armistice Day continued to be observed on November 11.
In 1953 townspeople in Emporia, Kansas called the holiday Veterans' Day in gratitude to the veterans in their town. Soon after, Congress passed a bill introduced by a Kansas congressman renaming the federal holiday to Veterans' Day. Beginning in 1954, the United States designated November 11 as Veterans Day to honor veterans of all U.S. wars. 1971 President Nixon declared it a federal holiday on the second Monday in November.
Americans still give thanks for peace on Veterans' Day. There are ceremonies and speeches and at 11:00 in the morning, most Americans observe a moment of silence, remembering those who fought for peace.
After the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War, the emphasis on holiday activities has shifted. There are fewer military parades and ceremonies. Veterans gather at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. to place gifts and stand quiet vigil at the names of their friends and relatives who fell in the Vietnam War. Families who have lost sons and daughters in wars turn their thoughts more toward peace and the avoidance of future wars.
Veterans of military service have organized support groups such as the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. On Veterans' Day and Memorial Day, these groups raise funds for their charitable activities by selling paper poppies made by disabled veterans. This bright red wildflower became a symbol of World War I after a bloody battle in a field of poppies called Flanders Field in Belgium.
I served 22 years in the USAF, and damned proud of it.
Why is Nam remembered so much when WW2 was so much bigger?
My impression=When i came back i was despized,looked at funny. My first job app was at international paper,it was an 8 hr test,when it was over the man said all nam vets can leave now we don't hire you people. I worked in gass stations and that sort of thing till i started my own busness.
when i married i applied to GTE,it took years till congress passed a law that they had to hire us then i got in. all for the insurance for my upcomeing family.
It was humilitateing,once a year we were brought to corp to fill out papers that they were treating us ok.
after a while,10 years i left and worked for myself again,but i tell you it was the hardest time of my life when i came back.
I went through this in the name of freedom,for my country,and i would do it again.
Yes HAPPY VETERANS DAY !
crying now so thats enough.
My impression=When i came back i was despized,looked at funny. My first job app was at international paper,it was an 8 hr test,when it was over the man said all nam vets can leave now we don't hire you people. I worked in gass stations and that sort of thing till i started my own busness.
when i married i applied to GTE,it took years till congress passed a law that they had to hire us then i got in. all for the insurance for my upcomeing family.
It was humilitateing,once a year we were brought to corp to fill out papers that they were treating us ok.
after a while,10 years i left and worked for myself again,but i tell you it was the hardest time of my life when i came back.
I went through this in the name of freedom,for my country,and i would do it again.
Yes HAPPY VETERANS DAY !
crying now so thats enough.
yea THNAK YOU to all of them
I think u guys forgot Ramadan day for all the Muslims all around the world :wink:
I think u guys forgot Ramadan day for all the Muslims all around the world :wink:
i couldn't find a poppy
God bless all the men and women who have fought for our freedom. All I can say to each and every one of you is thanks.
I served my country as well. 8 Years total in the USAF (combined w/ the Air National Guard)and two trips to Saudi Arabia.
Although "my" war wasn't the hell that Pappy or Ace or my Father went through.
And for that, I would like to personally thank you all. I doubt I could do what you guys have done and how much you suffered for it when you got back. To have your own country turn on you only because your country asked you to do it, and you did, without thought or hesitation.
Really, thank you. I wish I was half the man you guys are.
Although "my" war wasn't the hell that Pappy or Ace or my Father went through.
And for that, I would like to personally thank you all. I doubt I could do what you guys have done and how much you suffered for it when you got back. To have your own country turn on you only because your country asked you to do it, and you did, without thought or hesitation.
Really, thank you. I wish I was half the man you guys are.
Amen brother!........well said Coz.
Dont let it get you down Pap, people who looked down their noses at returning Nam vets like you and my dad arent worthy of licking the boots of men like you.....and everyone knows that now.
Dont let it get you down Pap, people who looked down their noses at returning Nam vets like you and my dad arent worthy of licking the boots of men like you.....and everyone knows that now.
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