Have a great Veteran's Day!

[darthrider]

Just wanted to say "Thanks!" to all the Vets on this board.
Your service and sacrifice is always appreciated, always valued, always - unfortunately - necessary.
You guys are my heroes!

[boxermania]

DITTO.....and In God We Trust...........

[BobFV1]

Darth -

Thanks for the well-wishes and ditto to all the other Vets out there in Beemerland.

[12bar1]

Darth, I would like to echo Bob's thanks and wish all the other vets a great day. This one is going riding and Christmas shopping.

[Biff's R]

Well said darth.

[riceburner]

DOH!!

I never realised Veterans day (US) was the same as Armistice Day (UK).

[Acacia]

We need to think also of those who provide the support to those Verterans - their families and friends - we are not islands - it is their/our day to.

[Slipstream]

You're quite welcome, and thanks for remembering.

[Beemeridian]

44

[kbc68]

2 min of silence is never enough ...for those who lost
a lifetime for us !
I salute the dead and those who lived threw it !

[MooseR1100R]

Darth, Acacia and other board members, your remberance of this day is most appreciated.

[dallara]

Ditto to what Darthrider said, Gentlemen and Lady vets!!!

We all owe you for the precious freedom we enjoy and the fantastic country we live in. To each of you, Thanks and God Bless!

Cheers!

Dallara

[arkline]

Nothing much to add to this thread, but one word - Remember. Always.

[rdsmith3]

It is important not to forget history.

I thought this was a fairly succinct summary of the tragedy of WWI

http://www.albertmohler.com/commentary_ ... 2005-11-11

"Hostilities will cease on the whole front at 11 hours today, French time. Until that hour, the operations previously ordered will be pressed with vigor. At 11 hours our line will halt in place, and no man will move one step forward or backward." Those were the orders released just before 9:00 a.m. on November 11, 1918 in an address to the U. S. Army's 79th Division. That order announced the end of "The War to End All Wars," now known as World War I. Yet in one of the most bitter ironies of this bitter conflict, thousands would die between the time the armistice was signed and hostilities ceased.

and, I never knew this

The last day of World War I saw Allied forces take more casualties than would be taken on D-Day in 1944. As Persico explains, "According to the most conservative estimates, during the last day of the war, principally in the six hours after the armistice was signed, all sides on the Western front suffered 10,944 casualties, of which 2,738 were deaths, more than the average daily casualties throughout the war." Those casualties included at least 320 Americans who gave their lives after the war had been won and the armistice had been signed.

In the end, the delay in ceasing hostilities was due to the fact that the British, American, and French military leaders wanted to seize yet more territory in order to score political points. Units ordered to rush into the face of murderous enemy fire could not believe that their own leaders were causing men to die by the hundreds, just in order to make a point. The other factor that played into the delay was perhaps even worse--someone's idea that the number eleven (the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month) would end the war on a poetic and memorable note. Were men to be slaughtered for the sake of a poetically-packaged ending?

[geechie]

From the bottom of this liberal's bleeding heart; thank you, one and all!

And as Arkline said, "Remember, always."

George

[Deans BMW]

Dittos to all the above posts.......many times over.

[yjleesvrr]

I am most in agreement. I thank those who served this great nation risking their lives and in many cases with their lives.

[wncbmw]

Great thread darthrider! We should be remembering and thanking our vets everyday for making the freedom we take for granted possible.

[darthrider]

We should be remembering and thanking our vets everyday for making the freedom we take for granted possible.

Damn straight Vann!

[AZ1150]

It's certainly reassuring to hear similar sentiments from all points on the political spectrum.

From those of us whose return home was not quite so well received,

Thank You

Harry Parker
U.S. Navy 1964 - 1968