To the many folks who read and are part of the community on TKP that are active duty or retired military, thank you all for your service so the rest of us can enjoy freedom and live the American Dream.
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RangerHokie, HeloHokie, everyone else, thank you
There are no words sufficient to thank the veterans, God bless all of you.
My father will be laying a wreath at the Virginia War Memorial at 10am, on behalf of the Military Order of the Purple Heart
Dad is in the center of the three, and the VTCC wreath wasn't too far behind in the procession. All these Vietnam vets made sure those that came after them got the welcome home they deserved
Thanks to all who have served!! Both Grandfathers were in WWII. Forever grateful and
so proud!! Bless you all.
Allow me to have a moment, fellow TKPers. As a means of thanking our vets, let me relate a story.
In the early 1950's, draftees were shipped off to basic, and many received orders to go to Korea. While officially a "police action", it was a vicious war, and should be remembered as such. Many of the young men who served there did not return, or returned with injuries. There were also many who served stateside, supporting and training these soldiers. One such soldier was shipped to basic at Ft. Bragg. After basic, he received orders to transfer to Ft. Benning, Georgia, and boarded a southbound troop train. His train plowed into a freight train in Georgia, injuring his knee, requiring surgery. After recuperating, he was issued orders to ship out to Korea three times, however he had a light duty classification due to his injury, and stayed in the US, training troops as to how to target artillery. Many of the men he trained went to Korea, and many did not return. Upon discharge, he went to college on the G.I. Bill, and graduated with a double major from East Tennessee State College (now ETSU). He attended Virginia Tech later, and received a teaching degree, but only taught one year of Distributive Education (buisness training, for those who never heard the term) before moving on to other endeavors. The veteran I describe was my Father. Whenever he spoke of his service, he never really liked to discuss the train wreck, the men he knew who never came home, but focused on the positives. So many of our fathers and grandfathers were like this, if you think about it. So many didn't like to talk about the difficult things they endured while serving. I'm not sure I could handle some of the things that such brave men encountered. They deserve our honor and our gratitude.
I was able to express so many things to my father before he passed away on October 15th. I am extremely thankful that I knew him, and that he was such a wonderful father and husband to my mother. I salute him and all our vets for their service today, in or out of conflict. I miss you and love you, Dad.
Thank you for sharing.
Can never share this too much: here.
It's been posted multiple times elsewhere on here, but here is a nice reminder that our new basketball coach 'gets it'. It's a nice alternative way to honor those that gave their all.
http://coachbuzzwilliams.com/2014/10/techtalk-our-national-athem/
Just so we remember...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgoZWQ1opDE