To all my fellow veterans, those serving, and their families....

I SALUTE YOU!

this day ninetyfive years ago ended the War that was supposed to end all Wars!

Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it......

Freedom isn't free.

I hope we all take at least a moment out of our busy lives today to remember our veterans.

Thank you to all that have served this country over the years. You have my deep and heartfelt appreciation.

Thank you to all Veterans for your service.

Remember with gratitude those who died defending our country, give thanks to those still living...

We must remember the noble sacrifice the soldiers made and why they made it, or there will be an endless repeating cycle of one war after another.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e4jqTF6aks

Our boys went overseas not to protect freedom and liberty for themselves and their descendents. Only those of an invaded land do that.

They went across the sea knowing they would endure the horrors of war, with many paying the ultimate price, so that the descendents of OTHERS might enjoy freedom from fear and the injustice of tyranny that necessitates war.

The "torch" mentioned in the poem "In Flanders Fields" is the torch of Hope that one day everyone could live in a just world and be free from the injustice of tyranny, oppression, and the absolute horror of war itself.

It is our failure to diligently work to make others free from these horrible things that brings me such sorrow on this day of days, because I can't help but think as I remember, that we have failed to grab the torch passed to us by the dead in Flanders Fields, who, after almost a hundred years, and war after war, still lie restless in their graves.

May God bless them all.

United States Navy WWII Veteran 1939 to 1946...Thank you daddy, R.I.P.

Bless those men and women who have served and continue to serve to protect our freedoms and offer those oppressed an opportunity to be free.