A Salute to our Veterans
No matter where you are from in the world you can always find veterans around you. You may not know it from looking at the man in the suit or the person stacking food on the store shelf, or the homeless person down the alley. We all owe a lot to our country’s veterans. Here is an Honest Thank you on this Veteran’s Day, 11 November 2004:
Today’s military is a volunteer one. While all of the fighting that the US military is involved in is not to everyone’s liking, most people fulfill their duty to their country and their fellow soldiers. Veterans of yesterday and today’s wars have put their lives on the line over and over again while hearing thank you only rarely. It does not matter whether they had and a part in direct hand-to-hand combat or an admin position. They have gone where most have not. They have sacrificed more than most. Their families have said goodbye with only a hope that they will see their loved ones ago.
Take time to say thank you to those Veterans that have had to: say goodbye to their families; say goodbye to their friends and fellows that have lost their lives; live with the knowledge that they could lose their lives at any moment; know that someone just lost their life; see their injured fellows that wished their lives were lost instead of the physical and mental agony that they currently suffer; live with those that have never tried to understand.
To all those that have served not just their country, but also their families, their friends, their fellows, and the unknown masses, to my brethren I say: THANK YOU.
Today’s military is a volunteer one. While all of the fighting that the US military is involved in is not to everyone’s liking, most people fulfill their duty to their country and their fellow soldiers. Veterans of yesterday and today’s wars have put their lives on the line over and over again while hearing thank you only rarely. It does not matter whether they had and a part in direct hand-to-hand combat or an admin position. They have gone where most have not. They have sacrificed more than most. Their families have said goodbye with only a hope that they will see their loved ones ago.
Take time to say thank you to those Veterans that have had to: say goodbye to their families; say goodbye to their friends and fellows that have lost their lives; live with the knowledge that they could lose their lives at any moment; know that someone just lost their life; see their injured fellows that wished their lives were lost instead of the physical and mental agony that they currently suffer; live with those that have never tried to understand.
To all those that have served not just their country, but also their families, their friends, their fellows, and the unknown masses, to my brethren I say: THANK YOU.
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