#4584951 - 11/11/21 10:37 AM
Veterans Day
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rwatson
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A Salute to all my Veteran brothers who served and who are serving now.. S!!!! "If you can read this thank a teacher.If you can read it in English thank a Vet"
Russ Semper Fi
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#4584962 - 11/11/21 02:00 PM
Re: Veterans Day
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As someone that never served, I appreciate greatly those that have. I salute you all and say THANK YOU.
My games- BF4 / ArmA3 / X-Rebirth
There is no liberty without dependency. -- Cass Sunstein
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. -- Winston Churchill
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#4584970 - 11/11/21 02:50 PM
Re: Veterans Day
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KraziKanuK
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Here we call it Remembrance Day. Death Came Knocking, http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageN...BLT9KjxaMHO7FY_dqR_2gnVotDkztMDO-sdv0duAThis is an article about an area and the high school I spent a year attending. From this area, 472 didn't come home from WW2. One of them was a Dam Buster pilot and another was part of the Great Escape.
There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB. The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed. There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
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#4584973 - 11/11/21 03:23 PM
Re: Veterans Day
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My 'Waiting for Clod' thread: http://tinyurl.com/bqxc9eeAlways take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.Elie Wiesel. Romanian born Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, Holocaust survivor. 1928 - 2016. Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. C.S. Lewis, 1898 - 1963.
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#4584975 - 11/11/21 03:31 PM
Re: Veterans Day
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Happy Veterans Day folks. My biggest challenge today is to not eat too much free food. So many places, while many formerly gave discounts it's free meals now. For me it's gonna be Sonny's BBQ pulled pork sandwich for lunch and probably a New York strip for dinner.
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#4584986 - 11/11/21 05:59 PM
Re: Veterans Day
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Lest we forget...
In Flanders Fields BY JOHN MCCRAE
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.
We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.
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#4585032 - 11/12/21 11:32 AM
Re: Veterans Day
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PanzerMeyer
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I never could serve, but I'm thankful as heck for those who have. Hats off and respect. Same with me. When I was in college I was seriously considering a naval officer career and visited a recruiting office but as soon as I told them about my open heart surgery in 1981 I was told that I was ineligible for military service.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
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#4585048 - 11/12/21 02:47 PM
Re: Veterans Day
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I never could serve, but I'm thankful as heck for those who have. Hats off and respect. Same with me. When I was in college I was seriously considering a naval officer career and visited a recruiting office but as soon as I told them about my open heart surgery in 1981 I was told that I was ineligible for military service. Wow, very young to have open heart surgery Panzer. How is you heart since then ?
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#4585050 - 11/12/21 03:00 PM
Re: Veterans Day
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Wow, very young to have open heart surgery Panzer. How is you heart since then ?
I've been 100% healthy since the surgery and thanks for asking! I had what is called an "atrial septal defect" which is essentially a heart murmur. In most cases, the small hole closes automatically during early childhood but in my case it did not so my parents had the surgery done when I was 9 years old.
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“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
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#4585055 - 11/12/21 03:49 PM
Re: Veterans Day
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Good thing it was detected. Glad to hear you are symptom free since then. Thank you WT!
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
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#4585092 - 11/13/21 06:07 AM
Re: Veterans Day
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Exodus
by RedOneAlpha. 04/18/24 05:46 PM
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