Happy Veteran's Day 2024

[Andy54Hawken]

To all who served...no matter what branch or MOS...
No matter whether in peace or in war....
Happy Veteran's Day...and Thank you.
Andy

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[The Heretic]

 

[orygun]

Like often, @Andy54Hawken beat me to it!

To all of our Veterans, Thank you!

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Like often, @Andy54Hawken beat me to it!

To all of our Veterans, Thank you!

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Well....always been an early riser....and someone has to wake the rooster up....wait that sounds wrong....
Andy

 

[solv3nt]

Well....always been an early riser....and someone has to wake the rooster up....wait that sounds wrong....
Andy

Grab your c***s and put on your socks!

 

[pdxjimbo]

The WWI Origins of the Poppy as a Remembrance Symbol

The Remembrance Day symbolism of the poppy started with a poem written by a World War I brigade surgeon who was struck by the sight of the red flowers growing on a ravaged battlefield.

Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, a Canadian who served as a brigade surgeon for an Allied artillery unit, spotted a cluster of poppies that spring, shortly after the Second Battle of Ypres. McCrae tended to the wounded and got a firsthand look at the carnage of that clash, in which the Germans unleashed lethal chlorine gas for the first time in the war. Some 87,000 Allied soldiers were killed, wounded or went missing in the battle (as well as 37,000 on the German side); a friend of McCrae's, Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, was among the dead.

Struck by the sight of bright red blooms on broken ground, McCrae wrote a poem, "In Flanders Field," in which he channeled the voice of the fallen soldiers buried under those hardy poppies. Published in Punch magazine in late 1915, the poem would be used at countless memorial ceremonies and became one of the most famous works of art to emerge from the Great War. Its fame had spread far and wide by the time McCrae himself died, from pneumonia and meningitis, in January 1918.

In Flanders Fields

By John McCrae

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

The WWI Origins of the Poppy as a Remembrance Symbol | HISTORY

The Remembrance Day symbolism of the poppy started with a poem written by a World War I brigade surgeon who was struck by the sight of the red flowers growing on a ravaged battlefield.

www.history.com

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Thank you for posting that @pdxjimbo
Andy

 

[Tlock]

I always handed out poppies when I was a kid for the local vfw....i really miss some of those guys especially Leeland (sarge) Haynes, crew cheif of the sr71. May you rest in peice Sarge! Thank you everyone who served our great country

 

[nammac]

 

[bionic knees]

My dad, 1952. he is still with us.

 

[Croat]

Everyone should be required to serve (if body/mind able). Simple minded people think their civic duty amounts to voting. Some think broader and include jury duty. But real service to your country is placing your life on the line. Veterans' Day is a reminder of that choice, and salute to all.

 

[Tlock]

Everyone should be required to serve (if body/mind able). Simple minded people think their civic duty amounts to voting. Some think broader and include jury duty. But real service to your country is placing your life on the line. Veterans' Day is a reminder of that choice, and salute to all.

I regret not joining after 911

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Doc Brown with medal.jpg

• Andy54Hawken
• Dec 27, 2018
• 1

Loren "Doc" Brown...I was honored with his friendship.
He ain't around any longer but...
Two of his rifles are my favorites among those firearms that I own.
Andy

Doc Brown Long Rifle and Hawken Rifle

• Andy54Hawken
• Jun 10, 2024

 

[HA556]

 

[nwslopoke]

I don't believe everyone needs to serve in the military. There are many ways to serve from first responders, VA, and various ways to help your community.

While I don't think it should be tacked on to Veterans Day, 1st responders deserve their day of respect and remembrance. I know one retired cop who was fit but died of a heart attack not long after. Another who has PTSD and developed a nervous shake.

That guy worked southern California and endured much more violence than I ever did as an airmen. I appreciate my Veterans status and that of others, but hope to see other segments be taken care of too.

 

[mkthegrassgrow]

I don't agree that everyone should be required to serve in the military. That would be a disaster. I do agree that everyone should be required to dedicate a certain amount of time to some form of service to others.

Our country has become extremely selfish and entitled. Probably a contributing factor in a lot of the social issues we see today.

Semper Fi and happy Veterans day to my brothers and sisters in arms. Yes that includes the Semper Sometimes (National guard/reservists) too.

 

[Camelfilter]

Thank you to all who served, regardless of the branch or in what capacity!

 

[Diamondback]

God Bless all our veterans, especially those who went In Harm's Way, and particularly the Old Chiefs/Warrants/Sarges.

 

[Diamondback]

I don't agree that everyone should be required to serve in the military. That would be a disaster. I do agree that everyone should be required to dedicate a certain amount of time to some form of service to others.

Our country has become extremely selfish and entitled. Probably a contributing factor in a lot of the social issues we see today.

Semper Fi and happy Veterans day to my brothers and sisters in arms. Yes that includes the Semper Sometimes (National guard/reservists) too.

Maybe not serve an enlistment, but at least go through Basic as a "shared cultural experience." Think of it as making the Senior Trip summer a growth experience... and while we're at it, simplify things by having Parris Island do Boot for everybody.

 

[64MercurysRule]

"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him , but because he loves what is behind him ."
G.K. Chesterton