For Veteran's day..........
I know this is a tow vehicle forum so I thought in honor of veterans on Veteran's Day I would share what I have found lately. Much has been said about Detroit lately, much of it not in the positive...
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Got a little different perspective....born in 1950, brought up in the "cold war" era where we practiced jumping underneath a desk if siren went off to denote a nuclear attack...the Cuban missile crisis, the assassination of a president, and that type of environment with me and a lot of others in here. Graduated from HS in 1968...couldn't vote at 18, but could serve in the military..or get drafted, be killed in a war..but couldn't vote
Viet Nam wasn't a "popular war", back in the late 60's very early 70's, all kinds of protesting going on, people burning their draft cards, burning the American flag, going to Canada to avoid the draft, and on....I had 3 years of college when I decided to join the military in February of 71'...Was married at the time, one child born to us in TX and one in Germany, while I was in Viet Nam.....can remember when I went through an Airport in PA in 72 in dress blues and being spit at and called "baby killer".....I fought in a war thousands of miles away from family and country and never talked about it much except among family and fellow vets...again, it wasn't "popular"...just been past 20 years or so when a Viet Nam Vet was really treated with any dignity at all..not that I care what others thought at the time, nor now....I joined the military because I loved my country and wanted to serve it, it was the way I was brought up...followed orders and ended up in a war....survived and here I am today talking about it , figuring this time, no one will spit on me or call me a baby killer.
I love the Vets who serve and have served our country to protect it to keep our peace and freedom....I still get "teared up" when I hear the national anthem, see our American Flag and see our Vets being honored...many have served, many are serving and a lot have paid the ultimate price so that we can have our freedom here in these United States.
A little different take, but I love my country and would have given my life for it, I was just one of the "lucky one's" that got to come back home....Good to be in the "land of the free" and the "home of the brave" and know that we have Men and Women serving in the military to be proud of and knowing they "have our backs"..
I was USAF, but the Marines say it best: Semper Fi, to all my Veteran Brothers
Viet Nam wasn't a "popular war", back in the late 60's very early 70's, all kinds of protesting going on, people burning their draft cards, burning the American flag, going to Canada to avoid the draft, and on....I had 3 years of college when I decided to join the military in February of 71'...Was married at the time, one child born to us in TX and one in Germany, while I was in Viet Nam.....can remember when I went through an Airport in PA in 72 in dress blues and being spit at and called "baby killer".....I fought in a war thousands of miles away from family and country and never talked about it much except among family and fellow vets...again, it wasn't "popular"...just been past 20 years or so when a Viet Nam Vet was really treated with any dignity at all..not that I care what others thought at the time, nor now....I joined the military because I loved my country and wanted to serve it, it was the way I was brought up...followed orders and ended up in a war....survived and here I am today talking about it , figuring this time, no one will spit on me or call me a baby killer.
I love the Vets who serve and have served our country to protect it to keep our peace and freedom....I still get "teared up" when I hear the national anthem, see our American Flag and see our Vets being honored...many have served, many are serving and a lot have paid the ultimate price so that we can have our freedom here in these United States.
A little different take, but I love my country and would have given my life for it, I was just one of the "lucky one's" that got to come back home....Good to be in the "land of the free" and the "home of the brave" and know that we have Men and Women serving in the military to be proud of and knowing they "have our backs"..
I was USAF, but the Marines say it best: Semper Fi, to all my Veteran Brothers
