Thanks for serving

[Guppy]

to all you vets and everywhere, thank you

[ilovetwofish]

Yes thanks, to the past, present, and future men and women of all military branches.

[Nebe]

Thanks to one and all of those who have served and especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedom.

[Slipknot]

Yes, Thank you to all the Vets

[1dozenraw]

To all Vets, past and present... thanks.

[JohnR]

Thank you, veterans, thank you for your service and sacrifice.

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

[puppet]

Thank you veterans!
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[HESH2]

Thanks to all the vets who kept us safe and free.

[PaulS]

Thank you to all the vets for your service!

[Piscator]

Thank you to all Vets today and everyday especially my Great Grandfather (WWI - Army). My Grandfather WWII - Army). My other Grandfather (Korea & Vietnam - Navy). My Dad (USMC - Vietnam).

This is a letter from John McCain regarding The Pledge of Allegiance during his time as a POW and something we should all read (especially today).

"The Pledge of Allegiance" - by Senator John McCain

As you may know, I spent five and one half years as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. In the early years of our imprisonment, the NVA kept us in solitary confinement two or three to a cell.

In 1971 the NVA moved us from these conditions of isolation into large rooms with as many as 30 to 40 men to a room.

This was, as you can imagine, a wonderful change and was a direct result of the efforts of millions of Americans on behalf of a few hundred POW's 10,000 miles from home.

One of the men who moved into my room was a young man named Mike Christian. Mike came from a small town near Selma, Alabama. He didn't wear a pair of shoes until he was 13 years old.

At 17, he enlisted in the US Navy. He later earned a commission by going to Officer Training School. Then he became a Naval Flight Officer and was shot down and captured in 1967.

Mike had a keen and deep appreciation of the opportunities this country and our military provide for people who want to work and want to succeed.

As part of the change in treatment, the Vietnamese allowed some prisoners to receive packages from home. In some of these packages were handkerchiefs, scarves and other items of clothing.

Mike got himself a bamboo needle. Over a period of a couple of months, he created an American flag and sewed on the inside of his shirt.

Every afternoon, before we had a bowl of soup, we would hang Mike's shirt on the wall of the cell and say the Pledge of Allegiance.

I know the Pledge of Allegiance may not seem the most important part of our day now, but I can assure you that in that stark cell it was indeed the most important and meaningful event.

One day the Vietnamese searched our cell, as they did periodically, and discovered Mike's shirt with the flag sewn inside, and removed it. That evening they returned, opened the door of the cell, and for the benefit of all of us, beat Mike Christian severely for the next couple of hours. Then, they opened the door of the cell and threw him in. We cleaned him up as well as we could.

The cell in which we lived had a concrete slab in the middle in which we slept. Four naked light bulbs hung in each corner of the room. As I said, we tried to clean up Mike as well as we could. After the excitement died down, I looked in the corner of the room, and sitting there beneath that dim light bulb with a piece of red cloth, another shirt and his bamboo needle, was my friend, Mike Christian. He was sitting there with his eyes almost shut from the beating he had received, making another American flag. He was not making the flag because it made Mike Christian feel better. He was making that flag because he knew how important it was to us to be able to Pledge our allegiance to our flag and country.

So the next time you say the Pledge of Allegiance, you must never forget the sacrifice and courage that thousands of Americans have made to build our nation and promote freedom around the world.

You must remember our duty, our honor, and our country.

- John McCain
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[justplugit]

Thank you to all our vets for their sacrifices and allowing us
to stay free in the greatest country ever founded.

[MAKAI]

Can't thank these men and women enough !
No doubt the very best among us.
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[Got Stripers]

Thanks to all that have served, all that are serving and those that will serve; so that we can live in the best country on this planet.