Obviously nobody in DC cares… NO media coverage, no parades, zip nada… But places like Bremerton, WA, Greenville, SC, Lawton, OK, and Torrence, CA are celebrating with parades and displays, and little Trinidad, CO is participating with a small celebration for … Continue reading
Category Archives: Honoring our veterans
This is a couple of years old, but it says it all as far as I’m concerned… Based on folks that I communicate with that are still active duty, this perception has NOT changed… And here is one more telling … Continue reading
I ‘know’ better… Open bar, ‘multiple’ bottles of wine at dinner… Multiple old friends, sea stories, things that went bump in the night, and at least one guy in trouble because she found out ‘tonight’ some of the stories about … Continue reading
Nuff said… h/t JP … Continue reading
This one was done a couple of years ago, and is very poignant… Can you imagine the memories of those old pilots as they saw those airplanes? I know at the military opening of Udvar Hazy “I” saw a lot … Continue reading
I’ll see you the cute little poodle cut and the little bells, let’s see you and the dog do THIS! And this one comes from the mil-email trail… Contrary to Wounded Warriors, its seems that our REAL wounded warriors DO … Continue reading
He did his ‘duty’ to the end…HONOLULU – A World War II veteran whose effort to vote from his deathbed inspired thousands has died a week after casting his final ballot.Frank Tanabe passed away peacefully Wednesday at the Honolulu home … Continue reading
(or The War that Wasn’t)This is an article written 10 years ago on the 40th anniversary of the Cuban Missile crisis. Reprinted with permission of the son in honor of his Dad.This story is one that shows how close we’ve … Continue reading
It’s always been in the back of our minds that the Veterans are aging out and dying of old age, but what we tend NOT to think about are those organizations they were members of…The U.S. Submarine Veterans of World … Continue reading
This one is making the rounds of the mil email and was sent to me by an old Vet who got it from a WWII vet… Nuff Said… … Continue reading