Happy Veterans Day!

[MarieDelta]

Just want to say a big Thank You to those that have served , are serving, or will serve in their countries armed forces, in time of peace , or not.

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Marie

**And also a HUGE thank you to those partners , sons, and daughters of veterans. Its not easy to see your loved one go off and do a dangerous job.**

[Realist]

I agree, THANK you all!

If not for the military, we'd all be speaking German, Japanese, Arabic, or God knows what else!

Now we have a choice, if we want to speak another language.

[onewhocares]

I want to add my support and heart felt thanks to those who have stood strong for our country for they have fought for the right to keep the United States of American free and on the forefront of Democracy. While war is hell and many have lost their lives, the greatest sacrifice will NEVER be forgotten.

As a personal note...I had the pleasure of meeting many Transgendered Armed Forces Veterans at a TG conference I attended in Tucson the past April and they represented this country with dignity and honor.


Belle

[FalconAngel]

As a post-Vietnam/pre-Desert Storm vet, I wish to thank everyone who has responded positively to this post, regarding we who have sworn an oath to serve the cause of freedom.

To make a post like this does not require great effort, but it does require a respect for the freedoms that I and my brothers and sisters have served, and sometimes died, to protect.

It is a small thing with large effect to us; Particularly those of us who served during the era when it was not PC to honor and respect us in such a manner.

Thank you for the honor and respect. It is appreciated far more than you may know.

[Cherokee_Mountaincat]

Its no secret that I love and honor Any Veteran, and the members of the Trans Gendered groups would be no exception.
Hugs and kisses to all of you.
Cat
Former Veterans Rep. Liason aide for 15 years.. :}:bipride::color:

[still_shy]

:bipride: I am proud to be an American every day of the year, moreso on Veterans Day. There are so many out there who deserve to be honored with our love, respect and admiration for the sacrifices they have made for our country. To any Veteran reading this, Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

[grayhound]

I wish to thank all Vets, past, presant, and future for serving. This comming from an old retired Navy man. God Bless everyone.

[darkeyes]

My great-grandfather died as a result of his wounds on 9th July 1916. He served with the 16th Battalion Royal Scots and had been wounded on 2cd July. He left a widow with 3 young children. He was a young man, in the prime of life and fought for King and Country and for his beliefs and ideals.

Twenty six years later my grandfather serving in the Royal Navy almost lost his life when his ship was bombed and severely damaged in the Murmansk convoys, but thankfully he recovered from his wounds and was spared. His younger brother however was not quite so lucky and disappeared presumed killed in the North African Desert in 1941. My mothers uncle was captured with the fall of Singapore died as a POW in 1944. His son died in Aden in 1966 as the British struggled to maintain order when it was a British colony.

My family's story will be similar to many of your own and while I may hate and loathe conflict and have belief's which prohibit me from glorying in it or ever agreeing with it, my thoughts are with all who have lost family or have had family harmed by conflict on this day, and with those of all nations affected by conflict. May peace and tranquillity be restored to them all, and may they live without harm befalling them. May all be restored to their families..

Many will also know of my passion for Heart of Midlothian Football Club. In 1922 Edinburgh the club paid for a War Memorial commemorating those who fell with my great-grandfather and included several players from a team which at the time was Britains finest and many players and supporters from other clubs from the east of Scotland.

http://www.heartsgreatwarmemorial.org.uk/index.html

[FalconAngel]

My great-grandfather died as a result of his wounds on 9th July 1916. He served with the 16th Battalion Royal Scots and had been wounded on 2cd July. He left a widow with 3 young children. He was a young man, in the prime of life and fought for King and Country and for his beliefs and ideals.

Twenty six years later my grandfather serving in the Royal Navy almost lost his life when his ship was bombed and severely damaged in the Murmansk convoys, but thankfully he recovered from his wounds and was spared. His younger brother however was not quite so lucky and disappeared presumed killed in the North African Desert in 1941. My mothers uncle was captured with the fall of Singapore died as a POW in 1944. His son died in Aden in 1966 as the British struggled to maintain order when it was a British colony.

My family's story will be similar to many of your own and while I may hate and loathe conflict and have belief's which prohibit me from glorying in it or ever agreeing with it, my thoughts are with all who have lost family or have had family harmed by conflict on this day, and with those of all nations affected by conflict. May peace and tranquillity be restored to them all, and may they live without harm befalling them. May all be restored to their families..

Many will also know of my passion for Heart of Midlothian Football Club. In 1922 Edinburgh the club paid for a War Memorial commemorating those who fell with my great-grandfather and included several players from a team which at the time was Britains finest and many players and supporters from other clubs from the east of Scotland.

http://www.heartsgreatwarmemorial.org.uk/index.html

Darkeyes, you are truely a lady of honor and conviction. No wonder so many of us love and respect you.

I know about the Scottish regiments and I recall that, in your Great Grandpa's time, the Germans called them the "ladies from hell". They were both feared and respected by friend and foe alike.

But on another, related item, and equally important to those of us on the west side of the pond and are unaware of it, the UK did something important for the US servicemen who gave their all in WWII.

http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/ca.php

It is in the town of Cambridge in England. I have been there and while Christian style memorials do not impress me, the memorial, there for our fallen, is an impressive thing. There is an overwhelming air of reverence for the fallen soldiers of a nation that the British have no responsibility to honor.

Army, Navy, Army Air Corp, Marines, and Merchant Marine are all represented there.

The cemetery is the only British soil that I know of, which flies only the American flag.

It is a wonderful memorial and I feel lucky to have been able to have been there and seen it.

For that, I give my thanks, as an American and as a Veteran, to our cousins and friends in the UK for such a wonderful memorial to our fallen.

[FalconAngel]

Hey Darkeyes.

Go to this link and play the one entitled "The Beaches of St Valery" I think that you will like it.

http://www.emusic.com/album/3-Pints-Gone-The-Beaches-Of-St-Valery-MP3-Download/10819443.html

Considering the thread, you might find it appropriate as an honor to the Highland regiments.