dominicansoul Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Thinking of my dad who served in WWII and continued to serve until his retirement. Also thinking of my nephew who serves in the military today. I'm proud of them. God bless all our Vets! Heading to a Veterans Day Memorial Service in the quad soon. Wearing the Red White and Blue of our nation's flag as well as my dad's WWII dog tags and the St. Jude Medal he clipped to the tags... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archaeology cat Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 I'm wearing my poppy for the vets. My grandfathers were both in WWII (one was never in combat, but trained the soldiers; the other was a medic on the front lines of the Bulge). My great-uncle was originally to be in the Normandy invasion, but ended up being in the second wave instead. My little brother is in the army now, awaiting deployment orders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgnatiusofLoyola Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 When I last made up my bed, I decided to put on my beautiful and colorful poppy comforter cover (a luxury I gave myself when Cuddledown.com was having a big sale). Although I think it's intended to be for spring, I wanted it on my bed. I wondered why until I suddenly realized that the poppy motif was perfect for November and Veteran's Day. I am here today because my grandfather survived WWI and my father survived WWII. One of my cousins privately published a book of letters between my grandmother and grandfather while he was fighting in Europe in WWI. I can't even read parts of it. (I'm pretty emotionally fragile right now, so I restrict what I read.) My father was very pacifist and anti-war (and took part in marches against the Vietnam War), but he felt WWII was "different" and kept a picture of his bomber jet in a place of honor in his house. It's hard to think of my father being only 20/21, yet being a bomber pilot responsible for 14 lives every time he flew a mission. (He was stationed in Italy like the characters in the book "Catch-22" and said the book is very much what it was like.) The poppy is also the state flower of California, so sleeping in a field of poppies makes me feel like home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 My Favorite Vets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizabeth09 Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Thank you to all who fought to keep this nation standing strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vee Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Ahem, its Remembrance Day 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freedom Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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elizabeth09 Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 I wonder if it brought back any memories of their time in the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NadaTeTurbe Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 I have a question, if I understand well, in the US, the 11th of november is a day of commemoration for the soldiers fallen in all the war ? Not only for the Great War (1WW) ? When do you commemorate the soldiers of the 2WW ? You "mix" them all on the 11th of november ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominicansoul Posted November 12, 2015 Author Share Posted November 12, 2015 (edited) The 11th of November the United States remembers all Veterans of all Wars, living and deceased and those in every branch of the Armed Forces currently serving or who have served. In other words, we celebrate Veterans, period. Edited November 12, 2015 by dominicansoul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NadaTeTurbe Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Thank you for your answers ! I just discovered that there is in my college there's a sign to commemorate the priest fallen during WWI (as soldiers). There was 24 of them. And it was only the priest of my college ! I wonder if there was one surviving priest RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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