To all Vets:

Many of us served, many served and gave the ultimate. This is their day, the day for all Vets. But, please offer a few moments of silence at the 11th hour this morning especially to those that served and gave the ultimate.

And to ALL Vets: Happy Veterans Day!

CGRetired

My heartfelt thank you to all the Veterans that have preserved our freedom for so long.

I am proud to have served my country but feel this day is for those that paid the ultimate price. God bless them all, from every nation.

"Here Rests
In Honored Glory
An American Soldier
Known But To God"



Thank you.

Thank You Veterens for serving this country

I too am a Vet, Thanks to all that serve and a special
Prayer for those that Gave All !


Semper Fi,

Bob

I am a Vet as well and my thanks to all my fellow Vets as well as those that serve today. My prayers for those that are in harms way and for those that gave the ultimate price for the freedom and liberty that my family and I are fortunate to have today.

I want to take the time to offer my thanks to all Veterans out there today. My father and both of my grandfathers are also veterans. In 1999 I had the honor of placing a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. I'll never forget it or those who have served. Check out my signature because you are all proof of it. It's a quote of the great Ronald Reagan.

"If your reading this, thank a teacher. If your reading it in english, thank a vet!"

Thanks to all that served before me and to those that will serve after me.

As a Vietnam Vet, I'm thankful for the gratitude and honor being shown to our troops today.

Thank you all and hurry home!

I served in the US Coast Guard for 20 years and was always awed by the willingness of all our service personal to go into harms way to protect and save. My heart felt thanks to all the current service members and the loved ones doing their job in combat or the home front. There have been many millions of prior service members whom have served with honor, our country, and this is what makes us great. Semper Paratus

Thank you all.

From one Vet to all others

Have a safe and happy Veterans Day!!!

Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus, et Fidelis

Translation - Always Vigilant, Brave, Prepared and Faithful

I'm not a vet but I too am thankful for that. I came of age in the Vietnam era and the treatment many returning Vets received was a national shame. I'm glad to see the responses here, and the coverage that returning Iraq/Afghanistan Vets have been getting. We all owe them a debt of gratitude. My son-inlaw will be returning in early December. He's an Air Force physician and has been flying critical care medivac flights between Baghdad, Ramstein and Andrews for the past 5.5 months. We are all very proud of him. I'm glad that he will be receiving a different kind of welcome home that did many of our Vets in the late '60s and early '70s

Did you happen to see the coverage Monday night on NBC news concerning what has been happening in one area of Canada when a Veteran's body comes home? One particular road that is a common route from the arrival airport is typically lined with thousands of well-wishers with flags, saluting as the procession goes by, etc. One mother talked about what it meant to her to see that as she travelled with her son's body. It was very moving.

I am proud to have been an Infantryman 4 years in the US Army. Thanks to all for their support and all that are no longer with us.

As a Veteran myself, I thank one and all for the kind words here in this thread. I am also thankful to all the men and women that served in the wars prior to my service and to the men and women that are in harms way today. Thanks once again, Dave

I served proudly in the United States Navy for seven years. Happy Veterans Day to all the Vets past and present.

Frank

WOW...Thanks to you all for remembering us...I too want to thank those that have served...
SSgt D Smith USMC
1973-1986

I'm not a vet, but have spent a good portion of my life building the front line fighters many of them fly. There have been many vets through my family all the way back to Col. Stewart who served under General George Washington in the War of Independence, and Jackson N. Burgess who gave the ultimate during the Civil War for the Union Army, and my father who served in the occupation of Japan and Korea.

To all the vets out there you have my heart felt thanks for the dedication and sacrifice you have made, especially those who have given the ultimate to bring us the freedom that we take for granted.

Hogflyer

Well said, to all of you. And thank you you for that. As well as my thanks to all my fellow Vets. My thoughts and prayers are with all that have served and their families! If it weren't for their sacrafices, be that time in service, minds and/or bodies, or their very lives, we wouldn't have the freedoms we enjoy every day!


Tom

Thank you all for your service, thank you all for your sacrifice.

We can now add another infamous date to our history, November 4, 2008.

Not all of us served in war time. I served from jan 78 to mid 80's, a training mishap put me out unfit for service and still affects me to this day. Still I get on with life as best as I can. NEVER FORGET, but maybe forgive.

Cheers

Mine was Korea, 1952-53. Not fun, not a very important war, but we're still speaking English!!

Frank

U.S. Air Force 1962 to 1966 state side, mechanist, Air Training Command.

U.S. Army '54 to '58. With 101st Airborn in '58. Had a great time. Thanks to all.