November 11...

[Norfolkdave]

11th minute of the 11th day draws near...................( its not junk) its the day we will remember then...............WHEN YOU GO HOME
TELL THEM AND SAY
FOR YOUR TOMORROW
WE GAVE OUR TODAY..................................

We will remember the servicemen and women throughout the world, please to each and everyone of you on this site, just two minutes of your time please thats all I ask. I will for the first time this year stand at our local cenotaph with a tear in my eye wearing with pride my late mothers war medals. Please stand for two mins on the 11th November at the 11th minute

THANKYOU

http://grunt.space.swri.edu/images/wallmed.jpg

[Kissie]

Monday here in the states is Vetrans Day....dont forget to thank a Vet!!!!!!



I'lll be the 1st....for all you Vets out there....Thanks for all you do and all you give!!!!

May God bless you and yours!!!!!

[Kissie]

I thought this song would fit this thread.....

God Bless the USA
By Lee Greenwood


If tomorrow all the things were gone
I'd worked for all my life,
And I had to start again
With just my children and my wife,
I'd thank my lucky stars
To be livin' here today.
Cause the flag still stands for freedom
And they can't take that away.

And I'm proud to be an American
Where at least I know I'm free
And I won't forget the men who died
Who gave that right to me
And I gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today
Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land
God bless the USA

From the lakes of Minnesota
To the hills of Tennessee
Across the plains of Texas
From sea to shining sea
From Detroit down to Houston
And New York to LA
Well there's pride in every American heart
And its time we stand and say

That I'm proud to be an American
Where at least I know I'm free
And I won't forget the men who died
Who gave that right to me
And I gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today
Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land
God bless the USA

And I'm proud to be an American
Where at least I know I'm free
And I won't forget the men who died
Who gave that right to me
And I gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today
Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land
God bless the USA

[flamengo130]

as a vet "Thank You"!!!!! nuf said

[Jy]

Thank you for starting such an important thread, Kissie.

This is one topic I feel strongly about (yeah, yeah, I know. I feel strongly about every topic!) especially because my dad was in the Royal Canadian Air Force and served in WWII.
I read today that 500 WWII vets die every week in Canada. It's imperative that each and every one of us take the time, especially on Remembrance Day, to reflect on the unimaginable sacrifice that our soldiers made for our countries.
It's not a day to spend shopping, or watching TV. It's a day to go to the cenotaph and honour those people who are still around and to remember those who aren't. It's a day to educate our children on the real meaning of the day, and ensure that they will carry on the tradition of remembering with reverence and respect.
Lest we forget.

[cherokeered]

Well, I would like to thank all the military personnel and their families for all they have done for us over the years....and for all the scrifices they have made so that we can live free.....




We salute all the soldiers
For their hearts are ever true
And today we must remember
What they have done for me and you

The sacrifice is real
The horrors they must see
So that freedoms bell shall ring
For all eternity

Thank you for your courage
And your bravery too
For our basic freedoms
Is our precious gift from you

So today we will remember
Our veterans who led the way
And bow our heads in prayer
On this November 11th day


Thank you....Cherokee....:kk

[ernie6t9]

thanks to all the vets!!!!its because of you that we all have the freedom we have:)

[Jy]

This seemed like an appropriate thread to post an update on one of our very own members.

Ross is serving with the 2nd Battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in Afghanistan, but is in a hospital in Germany right now after his truck was hit by a roadside bomb. He should make a full recovery and will probably return to Kandahar in about a month.
Please, keep Ross in your prayers. He is a living hero.

[ernie6t9]

will do zazzy,and wishing him a full and speedy recovery:)

[Jy]

I will, Ernie. Thank you.will do zazzy,and wishing him a full and speedy recovery:)

[OKMamaEeyore]

Blessing to all those serving in the armed forces in all countries!!!!!!!!

May peace come soon.

[spare_change]

This seemed like an appropriate thread to post an update on one of our very own members.

Ross is serving with the 2nd Battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in Afghanistan, but is in a hospital in Germany right now after his truck was hit by a roadside bomb. He should make a full recovery and will probably return to Kandahar in about a month.
Please, keep Ross in your prayers. He is a living hero.


Fuck.


May God look over him.

[Kissie]

This seemed like an appropriate thread to post an update on one of our very own members.

Ross is serving with the 2nd Battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in Afghanistan, but is in a hospital in Germany right now after his truck was hit by a roadside bomb. He should make a full recovery and will probably return to Kandahar in about a month.
Please, keep Ross in your prayers. He is a living hero.




Jazzy that makes me so sad...If you ever talk to him you let him know that he is in my prayers each and everyday!!! I wish him a a safe and fast return home!!!

[Kissie]

Please forgive me but Vetrens Day is November 10th....shows you how screwed up I am!!!!!!!!

[Sandy]

thank you to all our vets.


and jazzy tell ross hi from us, and hes in our prayers please

[Penny]

I hope Ross will be ok

[Jy]

Thank you, everyone. I'll pass on your hellos and well wishes next time I talk to him.

Here's a link to a video they played at my son's school today. It's a wonderful tribute by Terry Kelly, a Canadian musician:

http://www.terry-kelly.com/introduction.htm

Go to "videos" and choose "A Pittance of Time". The lyrics are also on his site.

[Zifnab]

my father-in-law asks if in your remeberances please play Lee Greenwood's God Bless The USA during your rememberances, for a dear friend of his from his tour of duty that passed on recently

[Jy]

I will do that, Zif.

[hoss]

The next evening, sitting on the rearstep of an ambulance parked near the dressing station beside the Yser Canal, just a few hundred yards north of Ypres, McCrae vented his anguish by composing a poem. The major was no stranger to writing, having authored several medical texts besides dabbling in poetry.

As McCrae sat there he heard larks singing and he could see the wild poppies that sprang up from the ditches and the graves in front of him
He spent twenty minutes of precious rest time scribbling fifteen lines of verse in a notebook.

A young soldier watched him write it. Cyril Allinson, a twenty-two year old sergeant-major, was delivering mail that day when he spotted McCrae. The major looked up as Allinson approached, then went on writing while the sergeant-major stood there quietly.

"His face was very tired but calm as he wrote", Allinson recalled. "He looked around from time to time, his eyes straying to Helmer's grave."

When McCrae finished five minutes later, he took his mail from Allinson and, without saying a word, handed his pad to the young NCO. Allinson was moved by what he read:


In Flanders Fields

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.

Dedicated to my Dad...who passed away March 8 th 2006...

God bless u pop and all u did for your country...thank u for the
sacrifices you made for us...
may u rest in peace....................

[hoss]

bowed my head at the 11th minute of the 11th day of the 11th month and silently weep as i watched the cermonies...remembering my dad and all the others who have given thier lives for their country...i also remembered the man i was named after,a man who my dad called his best friend, a man my dad watched get blown apart by a land mine.....

as the song says....war .....what is it good for...absoustley nothing

[Jy]

As usual, it was raining and cold here as hundreds of people crowded the streets of downtown London to honour our heroes. I have spent every Remembrance Day the same way, huddled against the chill, watching the vets parade by. I always amazes me how these aging, often feeble old men can still march so crisply and proudly, their salutes as swift and clean as they were when they were young. I let the tears run freely down my cheeks, remembering all the years my dad was a part of the ceremony. I remember the pride I felt as a little girl, as I watched him marching proudly, his medals glinting, his dress uniform commanding respect and reverence.

Today my little boy looked up at the veterans with that same look of awe, and stood silently during the two minutes of silence, knowing somehow that this was an important moment.