As a proud veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, I'd like to personally thank you for chauffeuring the real warriors to the fight.

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Semper fi squid!

..not me!! I was aboard a submarine!!

Anchors Aweigh! Jarhead!!

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I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.

It was so nice today when I went to the cemetery with flowers and an American flag. Someone, possibly the local American Legion or V.F.W., had already placed flags on the headstones of all vets. I honestly don't remember them doing it last year though they may have and I just forgot. Anyway, it's nice to know that even in death, my husband's service is still remembered by others.

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"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, What a Ride!"

*cheers*

happy veterans day mateys!

-MeadHallPirate

I always feel funny when folks than me for my service.

I got so much more out of serving than I ever gave back.

I'm just grateful that this great nation gave me the opportunity to serve.

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...Old Europe, a once-dominant region now reduced to sucking at the geopolitical teat of America... they spent the better part of the last millennium conquering the world and taking the good stuff home with them... And what do they get for their troubles? Ungrateful colonies demanding their independence. And after you taught them how to play cricket!...

-Jon Stewart

It's okay to "feel funny" about it...it's a sign of the humbleness that I've seen in many veterans. While tending bar, when I found out a new customer was a veteran or on active duty, I always bought his first drink and thanked them. Many were embarrassed, especially the older ones, because they just felt like they were doing their duty and nothing more, but to me, you guys and gals are really special and I wish I could meet you all personally to thank you and buy you a drink.

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"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, What a Ride!"

Fair winds and following seas Alex! xx

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Great Quotes from Great Americans:

"With regard to the words 'general welfare', I have always regarded them as qualified by the details of the powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphisis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators."James Madison, Father of the Constitution

I did, too, for a while.

Now, I just say "It was my pleasure", and leave it at that...

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Science flies you to the moon.

Religion flies you into buildings.

It is nice to see no smartass remarks in this thread. Just a few minutes ago I stopped a guy in the hallway that I know served in the 173d Airborne Brigade as an infantry soldier in Vietnam and wished him a Happy Veteran's Day (belated). He smiled, I doub too many people here have said that to him.

So, to all of the veterans on the board, I respectfully wish you a happy Veteran's Day!

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"He writes the worst English that I have ever encountered. It reminds me of a string of wet sponges; it reminds me of tattered washing on the line; it reminds me of stale bean soup, of college yells, of dogs barking idiotically through endless nights. It is so bad that a sort of grandeur creeps into it." - H.L. Mencken on Warren Harding