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Misc Forums => NON LSR Posting => Topic started by: donpearsall on November 11, 2013, 12:38:57 PM
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I am betting that most of the members of this group are veterans. I want to acknowledge you on this US Veteran's Day and Canadian Remembrance Day. In my job with the Veterans Administration I often visit with some amazing men and women who have sacrificed very much for their country(s).
I know the phase "Thank you for your service" has almost become meaningless and trite because it is said so much by those who never served and feel a bit guilty. Since 9/11 it has become trendy to say that to any veteran. A bit too late for some.
But I mean it when I say thank you for your service and for your sacrifices. Happy Veteran's Day.
I am also betting some have good stories to tell. Why don't you use this thread to state your time in service and a tidbit of information about that time?
Don Pearsall USAF 1970-1975 - Korea
Veterans Administration, Specially Adapted Housing Agent
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Thanks Don
Joanie is off work today so we are taking advantage of one of many, many restaurant's who are offering a free lunch to veterans today.
Grab your DD214 and your significant other and enjoy lunch from a grateful nation.
DW
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Thanks, Don and other fellow vets.
Luke Kohler
AT2(AW) United States Navy
2001-2006 (Medically Retired)
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No, I'm not a veteran of the military. But - I do have some sense of propriety, and this morning remembered not just to put out the flag -- but to think for a few moments on what the flag means to me - and to the many that were or are members of the military in the US. I have the flag out front of the house nearly every day (weather permitting, dang it), but often I don't take time to reflect. Today I did.
Thanks.
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For the Veterans that survived the Wars, God Bless You.. For those that didn't, Rest In Peace. None of you, Will ever be forgotten......
Tom G.
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USN 78-82 AMS3 A-7's (Airframes)
USN 86-96 AW2 (AW) S-3a and S-3b (Senso)
VARO Winston Salem 2002 to present.
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Don, Thanks for starting the thread---I did not serve but I did volunteer in '62
I am the only male in my immediate family who did not serve:
father WW II Navy North Atlantic
younger brother Marine Viet Nam 67 & 68
2 sons and a daughter in law 82 Airborne
youngest son Crew Chief Gulf l
Maybe I fell guilty about not serving but I assure you it is not meaningless to me when I say to a Armed Forces Member who has "Thank YOU for your service to our nation"
sorry for the semi-rant
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USAF 72-81 B52s Blytheville AFB, AR; Guam; 108 total TDYs; McConnell AFB, Det 10 Boeing Wichita KS (E-6 quitter after 9 years)
Boeing B52 Tech Rep 81-2006... more civilian hours in the Buff than military. Some B1 and F15 time mixed in there when work was slow...
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Strong Donald L.
US 55853699
Drafted September 1966
Ft. Carson Colorado
Viet Nam 1968
2/17 Artillery LZ Schuller Central highlands
Separated Sgt. E-5 w / two Purple Hearts
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In my VERY HUMBLE opinion, the true heros are the ones who left behind body parts, their sanity or their lives.
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Don P.
The V.A., especially the hospitals, had/have developed somewhat of a bad reputation over the years.
A shame because I couldn't ask for better care and treatment at the Cincinnati V.A. facility.
Thank You - for whatever it is you do.
DonS
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Thanks Don, for the thread.
Army for me. Back in the dark ages 70-73
Camp Humphrey Korea 71-73 (colder than a WDAII in winter X2.) Turbine Engine repairman 68B20
Don was you at Osan Air Base if so that was 10 Miles for the Hump.
We do a lot of work with the VA and Military medical facilities now-a days also.
Rouse
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In a galaxy far, far away, a long, long time ago: US Army June 1963-66
Ft Knox, KY - last rotation to train with the M-1! And I own one now! :cheers:
Ft Rucker, AL - Single rotor turbine helicopter maintenance
Ft Carson , CO
Camp Irwin, CA
Fort Leonard, MO [Little Korea]
Pleiku, VN - Crewed a UH1-B Huey Feb 1965-66 with an M60 in my lap!
WTF Sarge, I was trained for the mountains and desert!?!? :-o
Ft Rucker, AL
Civilian! :cheers:
I wish none of our troops were in harm's way today! :x
One of my brothers has gotten good treatment at Indy VA. Some issues at first but got them cleared up OK!
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I had and older brother killed in Vietnam in 1968. Died on Mothers Day, May 12th. Still listed as MIA because his remains have never
been found.
However, back in 2006 the Army sent my mother (mom is now 93 yrs old) a letter stating they had been doing some searching in the
area where he went missing. They found one of his dog tags. They sent it to her, totally mangled but still legible. Eight soilders in his unit went missing that night and when they did the excavation they found the remains of 5 of the 8 missing men. My brother and two others still missing.
My thanks to all who have served, military duty is not easy.
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Enlisted: 18 Aug 1960- Fairmont, WV
Basic training: Ft. Knox, KY
Nuclear Weapons Ordnance Electronics School: Ft. Monmouth, NJ
Corporal Missile Ground Guidance Electronics: Redstone Arsenal, AL MOS 245.9
157th Ordnance Direct Support- Section Chief SP-5, E-5, P2 (fire mission: defend the Fulda Gap against Soviet armor)
Volunteered for Warrant Officer Pilot Training: Ft. Rucker, AL (disallowed-- not 20/20 uncorrected vision)
Volunteered for Special Forces: (they wanted an open-ended 4 year re-enlistment with no assurance of Sp F. NO thanks-- I didn't just fall off the turnip truck)
Discharge: July 1963 Ft. Dix, NJ
Mainly Cold War Germany; got shot at only in training.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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To all you veterans out there, all the best.
I'm one too, in another part of the world but we're a band of brothers.
1 Parachute Batallion (South African Defense Force) 1975-1986. Cuito Cuanavale, Angola. I even saw some Cuban dudes!
Corporal.
It leaves it's mark but I met some of the best people I've ever known.
Truth is always the first caualty of war.
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A note of thanks to my father, Frank Conrad. Navy Reserve, based out of San Diego and attached to the Yorktown.
He was out to sea when Sputnik launched in October of '57. That was a carrier full of very concerned sailors.
When he returned from duty, he went back to his job at Collins Radio, married my mom, and despite having a very poor student in his son, taught me to keep learning.
Hi, Dad!
Chris
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Fort Leonard, MO [Little Korea]
Pleiku, VN - Crewed a UH1-B Huey Feb 1965-66 with an M60 in my lap!
WTF Sarge, I was trained for the mountains and desert!?!? :-o
Civilian! :cheers:
I wish none of our troops were in harm's way today! :x
Fort Leonard, MO [Little Korea] - I know what you mean about little Korea I was there between Nov70 and Feb 71 It is also as cold as a WDAII.
And door gunner would not be my first choice MOS
Rouse
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Since I`ve been thinking about this as well....My late father was RNZAF at the end of WW2, a Corsair mechanic, and my son is currently serving in the USAF. He is based at JBLM currently, but is soon to complete his remaining flight training, and will transfer to Travis AFB next May and join a C17 as the Freight Specialist. I`m really proud of them both, even though I lost my Dad some 39 years ago. I`m also proud of all our Active Duty Military, and give my sincere thanks to those of you that have served previously....you have my humble admiration and respect....
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US Army 72-74
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Don, thanks to you and all the VA. You folks have been a big help to me, this year.
U.S. Army - Vietnam 67,68,69 in PhuBai, Hue, and TTH coastal areas.
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Thanks to all that served....
1965-66-67...USS Tulare AKA-112
Steamed over 43,000 miles, 50 combat operations, 18 months of combat pay in and off of the coast of Viet Nam...
Would do it one more time to defend the Constitution.....