The FReeper Foxhole Honors our Veterans - November 11th, 2005

Department of Veterans Affairs and The Foxhole

[snippy_about_it]

Lord,

Keep our Troops forever in Your care

Give them victory over the enemy...

Grant them a safe and swift return...

Bless those who mourn the lost.
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FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer
for all those serving their country at this time.


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If the Foxhole makes someone appreciate, even a little, what others have sacrificed for us, then it has accomplished one of it's missions.

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Veterans Day



To our veterans - Thank You


Veterans Day

A day set aside to honor our country's living veterans. At the Foxhole honoring veterans is a major part of our mission.

Whereas we will not forget those who died or our POW/MIAs, and those who are currently serving, today we specifically honor those men and women living among us who have served our country in times past, our living veterans.

Especially here at the Foxhole we are blessed to have veterans as part of our Foxhole family both as readers and contributors.


We would like to welcome all our veterans to the Foxhole on this very special day as we attempt to honor you and thank you for your service to our country. Freedom is not free and our debt to you and those gone before you can never fully be paid. May God richly bless you all. Welcome home and we will never forget.

It matters not where, when or how your served; here at home or in a foreign land, in the air, at sea or on land; in peacetime or in war, on the battefield or behind a desk; on supply lines; as an engineer, a mechanic, an infantrymen, a cook or medic. You chose to volunteer or fullfilled your duty by the draft and served America and we are forever grateful. Every job is important as they all support each other and the cause of freedom.

Some sacrifices are greater, yes, and some service more dangerous than others, yet all service is sacrifice by the troop and their family and we highly respect that service. Some gave all, all gave some.

Thank you all - from SAM and snippy




"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." --Thomas Paine, Founding Father



"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional as to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their Nation."
--George Washington


"Let us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly, on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom, and let us reconsecrate ourselves to the task of promoting an enduring peace so that their efforts shall not have been in vain."
--Dwight D. Eisenhower




Veterans Day is the day set aside to thank and honor ALL those who served honorably in the military - in wartime or peacetime. In fact, Veterans Day is largely intended to thank LIVING veterans for their service, to acknowledge that their contributions to our national security are appreciated, and to underscore the fact that all those who served - not only those who died - have sacrificed and done their duty.

--- Department of Veterans Affairs

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FReeper Foxhole Armed Services Links

[Iris7]

Some truth is getting out of Iraq. First class material in no way to be compared to the Big Media Big Lie.

I am the most extreme tightwad in the world, I believe. I am going to send Michael Yon money.

Strongly suggested.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1520005/posts

http://www.michaelyon.blogspot.com/

[Professional Engineer]

ROFLOL!

[Professional Engineer]

Hiya Sam.

Thanks.

[Professional Engineer]

1744 Abigail Smith Adams 2nd 1st lady

Never heard of her.

[Professional Engineer]

1922 Kurt Vonnegut Jr author (Slaughterhouse Five, Sirens of Titan)

Bulk it up. It feels like a "C".

[archy]

More or less present and/or accounted for. Though I still turn around to see who folks are talking to when they call me Major....

Things have been busy out our way since last weekend....

[Professional Engineer]

Aim High!

You got that right. I'm down here in a fuel truck!

What I did in the war Cold War.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Senior Airman Matthew Spatz pumps fuel to a C-130 Hercules after a tactical airlift mission here. He is a fuels specialist with the 447th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Al Gerloff)

Smell the JP4 size

The truck is an R-11 refueler made by Oshkosk (the fire truck folks). It's got a 6 cylinder turbo-diesel engine, is about 440 inches long, and weighs in loaded at about 68,000 pounds.

[bkwells]

Great thread today snippy!

[Soaring Feather]

Veteran's Day November 11, 2005

On muddy ground you slept,
in sand beds you dozed, in the cold, you ate cold meals.
For Freedom.
Your hands froze holding your gun, you baked in scorching desert sun holding your burning hot gun,
For Freedom.
Your ship sailed through enemy fire and took a torpedo or two,
your submarine prowled in murky waters near enemy shores,
you stormed the beaches at Normandy,
you waded through jungles in water up to your shoulders.
For Freedom.
You were captured by the enemy and tortured beyond belief,
by monsters from hell you gave your life.
For Freedom.
Your eyes saw horrors that haunt night and day,
and you say it is an honor to serve your nation.
For Freedom.
You stood tall and said, I’ll go my nation needs me,
yes, you answered the call.
For Freedom.

I see your tear stained face as you stand at your brother’s or sister’s burial.
I see your agony of separation from your loved ones.
Your parents, your wife, your lover, your children, your siblings.
For Freedom.
I see you in wheel chairs on the streets.
Or living in Veterans Hospitals, too, ill, or alone.
For Freedom.
Is Thank You enough for the price you paid?
It’s all I have to give you on this day.
Thank You, Thank You, for my peace, my flag flies high without disgrace.
It’s my uncle’s flag bellowing in the breeze, he was the Sailor you see.
Hoisted up for me by a retired Marine Captain, who was a JAG in Da Nang, Viet Nam.
For Freedom.
My uncle, the Marine, who was buried in his uniform at age ninety.
The Twenty One Gun Salute broke the silence that day, I watched as you were laid away.
For my step father, Army POW, WWII, you carried a metal plate in your head,
For Freedom.
My brothers, one a Marine, one a Sailor, Thank You.
To my Army ex-husband, Thank You.
In gratitude to all Veterans, Thank You, Thank You, for my Freedom.

bentfeather (c) 11-11-05

[snippy_about_it]

Thanks for stopping in sweetie, thanks for the great list and thank you for your current service.

When are you going to be an Admiral and will that get me a ride on a boat? ;-)

[Soaring Feather]

http://www1.va.gov/opa/vetsday/flanders.htm

[austingirl]

Thanks to all our veterans for their service. May God keep and bless those who gave their lives for our freedom.

[snippy_about_it]

Hi ct. Thank you for your service to our country. I expect a Jarhead wrote that, too.

[snippy_about_it]

Thanks for the links Iris7. I've not heard of him before.

[snippy_about_it]

I wonder if her nickname was bittygirl?

[snippy_about_it]

Hi Major.

[snippy_about_it]

Wonderful feather, thank you.

[Soaring Feather]

You're welcome snippy!

How you doing?? Hope all is well.

[snippy_about_it]

Today we thank our living veterans. Everyone should try to get out and find one and give them a hug!

[snippy_about_it]

I "let" Sam take 2/3rds of the day off for Veterans Day. Now it's my turn to take care of the rambunctious Sarge.