Salute to FReeper Veterans; Check In!

self | 11/11/2004 | RightOnline

[RightOnline]

With Jim Robinson's permission (hopefully) and the cooperation of fellow FReepers, I'd like to reprise a "tradition" I began here some years ago on this Forum.

Today is the day that we, as a Nation, specifically set aside to express our thanks to all who have donned a uniform, rendered a salute, said 'good bye' to loved ones to travel to distant lands, and otherwise committed themselves to the defense of the United States of America.

This is your day, FReeper veterans. Whether you served in WWII, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, or any other of the countless hot-spots around the globe, we salute you and thank you for your willingness to step up. Active duty, Reserves, National Guard, Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard.....whatever service, no matter when, where, or how long, we thank you.

Check in and accept our salute in return.

[DBeers]

P.S.

SS

7 Patrols

[Hat-Trick]

Hat-Trick, U.S. Coast Guard, 1980-1986.

Semper Paratus!

[clamper1797]

Hey brother USS Midway ol CVA-41 Westpac Vietnam 72-73

[Times-a-Wastin]

US Army 1978 - 1985
1/506 Inf. 101st Airborne Screaming Eagles
1/11th ACR "FULDA GAP"

[chesty_puller]

USMC 70-73

US Army 75-79

[Militiaman7]

Thanks, Pappy, Will do.

[corlorde]

Army

11B3P

1987-2003

"We own the night"

[ladtx]

Unit patch of my old unit, "336th Assault Helicopter Company Warriors"

Soc Trang
RVN 1969-70

[AppyPappy]

http://www.news-record.com/news/local/veterans_local_111104.htm

Daughter Learns of Father's Last Words in War. Great story for Veterans Day.

[ladtx]

When were you in the 11th ACR? I was there from 1982-1985. Good times in Fulda.

[sandydipper]

"C" Co. 504th MP Bn. '64 -'66

[aardvark1]

USAF 1980-1994
Cold War, SAC, B-52, FB111A, Looking Glass

Thanks.

[rep-always]

May our Lord bless all the U.S. Veterans. We thank you and support you for serving your country honorably.

THANK YOU AND KNOW THAT YOU ARE IN OUR HEARTS ALWAYS.

[Hat-Trick]

As a salute to those who gave all:

To fallen soldiers let us sing,
Where no rockets fly nor bullets wing,
Our broken brothers let us bring
To the Mansions of the Lord

No more weeping,
No more fight,
No friends bleeding through the night,
Just Devine embrace,
Eternal light,
In the Mansions of the Lord

Where no mothers cry
And no children weep,
We shall stand and guard
Though the angels sleep,
Oh, through the ages let us keep
The Mansions of the Lord

[jimfree]

USN 73-93

[leprechaun9]

To those who served and lost their lives;
To those who served and returned bearing mental or physical scars;
To those who served and remain missing today;
To those who served and returned to lead normal lives;
WE SAY THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU!

U.S. Navy 1955-1959 USS HAWKINS DDR873

[navygal]

I will soon retire from the navy.

[clamper1797]

In memoriam to my lost shipmates and friends

Lt Raymond P Donnelly VAW-115 KIA 19 July 1972
AZ1 Bobby Don Cobb VAW-115 KIA 08 Aug 1972
LCDR James L. Anderson VAW-115 KIA 08 Aug 1972
AMH1 Edward P. McDonald VA-93 Died 13 Sept 1972
AO2 Clayton Blankenship VA-56 KIA 24 Oct 1972
AMSAN Daniel P. Cherry VA-93 KIA 24 Oct 1972
AA Robert W Haakenson JR. V-1 KIA 24 Oct 1972
AA Robert A Yankoski V-4 KIA 24 Oct 1972
LTJG Michael S Bixel VA-115 LS* 24 Oct 1972
LT John C Lindahl VA-56 LS* 06 Jan 1972
ADR3 William S tringham VAW-115 LS* 03 Feb 1973
CDR Charles Barnett VA-93 MIA 23 May 1972
LTJG Gary L Shank VA-56 MIA 23 July 1972
LCDR Michael W Doyle VF-161 MIA 25 Aug 1972
LCDR Donald A Gerstel VA-93 MIA 08 Sept 1972
LCDR Clarence O Tolbert VA-56 MIA 06 Nov 1972
LT Michael T Mccormick VA-115 MIA 10 Jan 1972
LTJG Robert A Clark VA-115 MIA 10 Jan 1972
* LS ... Lost at Sea

Lt Aubrey A Nichols VA-56 POW 19 May 1972
LCDR Gordon C Paige VFP-63 POW 22 July 1972
LTJG Michael G Penn VA-56 POW 06 Aug 1972
LT John C Ensch VF-161 POW 25 Aug 1972
LCDR Theodore W Triebel VF-151 POW 27 Aug 1972
LTJG David A Everett VF-151 POW 27 Aug 1972

May your names and your sacrifice NEVER be forgotten

[sandydipper]

"C" Co. 504th MP Bn. '64 -'66

[jimfree]

Let's also mention my Dad, a tank vet of the Battle of the Bulge.