At this Veteran's Day, let me take the opportunity to thank all our veterans for their service to our country. Used to be that only the older citizens were veterans but today we have veterans of all ages and genders because of the present wars we are conducting. Men and women that serve our country deserve our honor, praise and acknowledgment that they have gone far above the call of duty in order to protect us and our way of life, resulting in loss of life, ravaged bodies and ill health and even if our vets have escaped physical problems, there's still the mental and emotional issues that plague our soldiers. I would hope that those in authority would see to it that our veterans receive all the good medical, mental and rehabilitation needed to get back into the work force with some advantage.
As we lived through the Viet Nam conflict, I was so disappointed that when our veterans came home, they were boo-ed and were the brunt of the faction in life that hated the war and took it out on them. I don't believe that war is ever popular but it had never been so openly and dishonorably voiced like it was then in our country. We had a lot of our citizens doing demonstrations against their own country and others that chose to go to Viet Nam with some half-baked idea that they could fix the whole thing with their visit....such as Hanoi Jane. We do make a lot of mistakes in our lives as we grow up but some mistakes are so heinous that it may take forever to absolve that person for their lack of patriotism into just plain being a traitor, having never been brought to justice by the American people.
I am so proud of our citizens today that separate the dislike for the war from the soldiers that serve in it. I hope that our citizens are becoming wiser and more compassionate about everything but especially with our servicemen and women that serve in the military.
We grew up in a time of draft and our servicemen and weren't given a choice to serve or not. My brothers and my husband had no choice so a lot of them chose to serve their time in the military and get it over and then go on with life. I like the volunteer military more than the draft. My brothers served in different regions of the world. One brother served in Japan and that was in the 50's when WWII hadn't been over very long. One brother served in France. One brother stayed state-side. My husband served during the Viet Nam conflict and he had the opportunity to serve in Turkey on a hardship tour and he volunteered for a dangerous secret mission into the Soviet Union. He was assigned a tour in southern Germany in the 60's and I was able to accompany him there just 22 years after WWII.
So, in conclusion.....things are not always fair or right. But we are proud of our servicemen and women and the job they are doing. Keep up the good work and God bless you.
As we lived through the Viet Nam conflict, I was so disappointed that when our veterans came home, they were boo-ed and were the brunt of the faction in life that hated the war and took it out on them. I don't believe that war is ever popular but it had never been so openly and dishonorably voiced like it was then in our country. We had a lot of our citizens doing demonstrations against their own country and others that chose to go to Viet Nam with some half-baked idea that they could fix the whole thing with their visit....such as Hanoi Jane. We do make a lot of mistakes in our lives as we grow up but some mistakes are so heinous that it may take forever to absolve that person for their lack of patriotism into just plain being a traitor, having never been brought to justice by the American people.
I am so proud of our citizens today that separate the dislike for the war from the soldiers that serve in it. I hope that our citizens are becoming wiser and more compassionate about everything but especially with our servicemen and women that serve in the military.
We grew up in a time of draft and our servicemen and weren't given a choice to serve or not. My brothers and my husband had no choice so a lot of them chose to serve their time in the military and get it over and then go on with life. I like the volunteer military more than the draft. My brothers served in different regions of the world. One brother served in Japan and that was in the 50's when WWII hadn't been over very long. One brother served in France. One brother stayed state-side. My husband served during the Viet Nam conflict and he had the opportunity to serve in Turkey on a hardship tour and he volunteered for a dangerous secret mission into the Soviet Union. He was assigned a tour in southern Germany in the 60's and I was able to accompany him there just 22 years after WWII.
So, in conclusion.....things are not always fair or right. But we are proud of our servicemen and women and the job they are doing. Keep up the good work and God bless you.
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