Happy Veterans Day 2 2

[grendelbo]

Thanks to all who served.

[awakeintheashes]

On 11/11/2021 at 12:11 AM, grendelbo said:

Thanks to all who served.

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[Readcomix]

Happy Veterans Day!

[grendelbo]

[Larryw7]

[Randall Dowling]

Thanks to all our armed services members, current and past.  Their sacrifice has allowed for our prosperity since the beginning.

[grendelbo]

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[OtherEric]

You're welcome.

I was lucky, I did my four years between the gulf wars and got out unscathed, with only one occasion where they were even sending scud missiles in my direction.  I don't pretend to compare myself to those who spent months or years in combat zones.

Edited November 11, 2021 by OtherEric

[grendelbo]

Continuing to remember those creators who served.

[Ghastly542454]

[lizards2]

My wonderful dad - U.S. Navy Vet during WWII, and later U.S. Army - R.I.P.

[grendelbo]

[shadroch]

Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.” –  Douglas MacArthur

[shadroch]

This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remember'd;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.

[shadroch]

I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food; I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country with his heart, and not merely with his lips, follow me.

[comicjack]

Happy Veterans Day  

[shadroch]

A Paratroopers Prayer

 

I'm asking You God, to give me what You have left.
Give me those things which others never ask of You.
I don't ask You for rest, or tranquility.
Not that of the spirit, the body, or the mind.
I don't ask You for wealth, or success, or even health.
All those things are asked of You so much Lord,
that you can't have any left to give.
Give me instead Lord what You have left.
Give me what others don't want.
I want uncertainty and doubt.
I want torment and battle.
And I ask that You give them to me now and forever Lord,
so I can be sure to always have them,
because I won't always have the strength to ask again.
But give me also the courage, the energy,
and the spirit to face them.
I ask You these things Lord,
because I can't ask them of myself

[vane]

I asked my daughter to do a rough sketched a couple of years ago for upcoming Veterans Day. She went online to get an ideas and this what she came up with.