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11-10-2004, 02:40 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Clearwater
Posts: 10,917
M.O.C. #420
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"The Story of Veterans Day"
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), The History Channel and the Department of Education have produced a documentary to educate our nation on the meaning of Veterans Day and the sacrifices of America's veterans.
The 30-minute program, which examines the meaning and origin of Veterans Day, will air nationally on Thursday, Nov. 11, on the History Channel at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. ET/PT.
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11-10-2004, 05:20 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Oceanside
Posts: 20,028
M.O.C. #20
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Here's a little bit of trivia for you - Veteran's Day first was observed in Emporia, KS, where I got some of my education. Here's an excerpt from an article. The "holiday" referred to was Armistice Day.
In 1953, townspeople in Emporia, Kansas called the holiday Veterans Day in gratitude to the veterans in their town. Soon after, Congress passed a bill introduced by a Kansas congressman renaming the federal holiday to Veterans Day. Beginning in 1954, the United States designated November 11 as Veterans Day to honor veterans of all U.S. wars. 1971 President Nixon declared it a federal holiday on the second Monday in November.
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11-10-2004, 05:22 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Fallon
Posts: 6,064
M.O.C. #1989
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Thanks Glen,
Veterans Day is often misunderstood. It is to honor all veterans, dead or alive. It is a small THANK YOU for what you/they did for our country. I am the proud daughter, daughter-in-law, mother, sister, cousin, and neice of veterans. My father and father in law are buried at the National Cementary in Riverside CA. Daddy was a Lt. Colonel in the Army. Served in North Africa and Italy during WWII. My cousin's on just returned from his second tour in Iraq. Safe. A Marine and proud to do what he has been doing.
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11-10-2004, 07:13 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: San Antonio
Posts: 1,740
M.O.C. #1757
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Thanks Parrothead, My father is also buried in Riverside, California in the National Cementary. I am very greatful for all those veterans who served from wars in the past. As a retired USAF veteran I served in Viet Nam. I was very greatful to return home to my family. I wish all veterans past and present God speed. Happyrving.....
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11-11-2004, 03:20 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Jacksonville
Posts: 897
M.O.C. #1745
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Roy is a USAF veteran of the Vietnam era but only got as close as Japan and Taiwan in 1966. He has never had this day off.
My father served in Army Air Corps in WW II in North Africa and Italy. I was born a year after he returned home. 
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11-11-2004, 03:49 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Colorado Springs
Posts: 255
M.O.C. #940
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I proudly salute all of those who did get an opportunity to serve out country. I was close, but due to the downsizing in VietNam, many ROTC officers were given 90 day s of enlistment, then off to the Reserve.
My Dad was an Engineer, 28 days as a Major before being promoted to Lt. Colonel. His Engineer outfit was first into Berchtesgarden (no Hitler) and often recalled the opportunities to go around the local area in one of Hitler's MG's.
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11-11-2004, 04:08 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Aurora
Posts: 635
M.O.C. #1475
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Many thanks to all those who have served and all those who have waited for them to come home!! Bill's family has served in every American conflict since 16-something when they first arrived on these shores right through to his grandfather an admiral, brothers AF and Marine pilots and nieces and nephews as marines. Pat's Dad served as a mapmaker in the tank corps in Belgium in WWII. Her mother was in the Navy and her grandfather invented the individual coding machines used by Army radio operators. Bill was 4F (nobody wants an amputee in the service for obvious reasons) so our military experience is in supporting our AF pilot son-in-law and his friends. They are a wonderful group of
young men and women doing their best in difficult times just as all their predecessors have done their best in difficult times. Our nation is truly blessed to have a long history of such devoted citizens.
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11-11-2004, 05:59 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Jacksonville
Posts: 897
M.O.C. #1745
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A bit of local news here in southern Oregon on this day. Seems one of the local towns went out this morning to put up the flags as they normally do on this holiday and others, and someone had filled in all the flag poles with cement. By the time this made the talk radio circuit this morning they ended up having volunteers of manpower and equipment to fix the situation and have the flags up by noon. The ones who filled in the flag poles underestimated the spirit of the veterans and others who honor them.
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11-11-2004, 06:04 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Mount Shasta
Posts: 1,488
M.O.C. #1685
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As the proud parents of two who are currently serving as Tech. Sgts. in the USAF, we send our sincere appreciation to those others who are currently serving or have in the past.
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11-11-2004, 02:01 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Oceanside
Posts: 20,028
M.O.C. #20
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I'm also a vietnam-era vet but never got 'over there'. My father is a vet (WWII) and two of our children are vets. Vicki's a Navy brat. My father was in the lagoon at Tarawa on a suicide mission. Vicki's dad is one of those dots jumping off the USS Lexington as it's going down in the Coral Sea in WWII. It's a pretty famous picture. Both our fathers survived the war. I never got farther than Pearl Harbor.
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