Happy Memorial Day To All Veterans Past and Present!!! Fifty two yeas ago last Thursday, May 25, 1965, I learned what it means to become a veteran when I landed in Nha Trang, Vietnam and became a true G.I.!! As a new G.I. newly landed I remembered seeing them what I though was a bunch of G.I,s digging foxholes, but when we asked we were told the air field had just been mortared, Welcome to Vietnam War!!! Over the next 396 days, I learned what it means to be shot at, , how violent death is in a war, what it truly means to really put your life on the line for our country America and to realize also that war is just a matter of survival if you make it through your tour of duty!! You also learn for first time in your life that you put your lives in your buddies hands, just like they put their lives in yours!! You learn more about life in a war, than at any other time in your lives and you carry these scars of war with you for the rest of your life!! Union General Civil War General Sherman was right when he said "War Is Hell", for the sake of your life and the lives of many others depend on your making that sacrifice and live through that "Hell"!!! That is why folks, you should honor each and every Veteran this day, both living and dead in our long American history for they are the "steel and strength that made our America great and always will be when they answered our call from the American people!!!To all of my fellow veterans, I say a "big thank you for a job well done'"! For those who lost their lives, I say thank you for making the "supreme sacrifice for it was not wasted'!! These men and women who serve in our military are the best of the American people and we must never forget it!! THANK YOU VETERANS NOT ONLY FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BUT FROM OUR OWN FELLOW VETERANS FOR THEIR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE, FOR WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU VETERANS AND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR US!!!!!!!,,,,,,,(Second blog at tumblr.com/commmonman1).......
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