****VETERANS DAY****

[RedRum]

Everyone should take a 5 second pause on this momentous day to thank all the military members that have fought for and protected the freedoms we so greatly enjoy and often times take for granted on a daily basis.

I would like to personally thank all the UO players out there that are serving and/or have served in the US armed forces.

 

[Jirel of Joiry]

I want to reply to this: 1) to say Thank you to ALL Veterans who might be reading this and 2) to post the most awesome song lyrics.

The song is "Till The Last Shot's Fired" recorded by country singer Trace Adkins and written by Rob Crosby and Doug Johnson. This is just such a awesome about soldiers and veterans. It brought tears to my eyes first tim I heard it. Trace Adkins just does a fantastic job on this song. The first performance and the recording of this song was done with the Armed Forces Choir.

Here it is:

I was there in the winter of '64
When we camped in the ice at Nashville's doors
Three hundred miles our trail had led
We barely had time to bury our dead

When the Yankees charged and the colors fell
Overton hill was a living hell
When we called retreat it was almost dark
I died with a grapeshot in my heart

Say a prayer for peace for every fallen son
Set my spirit free, Let me lay down my gun
Sweet mother Mary I'm so tired
But I can't come home 'til the last shot's fired


In June of 1944
I waited in the blood of Omaha's shores
Twenty-one and scared to death
My heart poundin' in my chest

I almost made the first seawall
When my friends turned and saw me fall
I still smell the smoke, I can taste the mud
As I lay there dying from a loss of blood

Say a prayer for peace for every fallen son
Set my spirit free, Let me lay down my gun
Sweet mother Mary I'm so tired
But I can't come home 'til the last shot's fired

I'm in the fields of Vietnam,
The mountains of Afghanistan
And I'm still hopin', waitin', prayin'
I did not die in vain

Say a prayer for peace for every fallen son
Set our spirits free, Let us lay down our guns
Sweet mother Mary We're so tired
But We can't come home 'til the last shot's fired

[Choir:]
Say a prayer for peace (for peace)
For our daughters and our sons
Set our spirits free (set us free)
Let us lay down our guns

[Trace:]
Sweet mother Mary, we're so tired
But we can't come home (No
we can't come home)

[Choir:]
'Til the last shot's fired

 

[Zooithion]

There are a lot of vets that have played UO over the years.
I remember when there were changes to houses dropping when many players were overseas not that long ago.

Thanks to all of you on Veterans Day.

 

[MalagAste]

OH I agree 100% Thanks to all the VET'S who are reading this...

Thank you for all your service to this fine country we share!

And you are not forgotten this Veterans Day!

 

[five oclock]

To my friends and family who have served..THANK YOU!

 

[Alvinho]

Everyone should take a 5 second pause on this momentous day to thank all the military members that have fought for and protected the freedoms we so greatly enjoy and often times take for granted on a daily basis.

I would like to personally thank all the UO players out there that are serving and/or have served in the US armed forces.

Thank you, and all the others thank Applebees for the free chow, and thank you lowes for giveing me the additional 10% discount. I will forever carry my military ID as I have for the last 13 years, right beside my drivers license.

 

[Bullet]

I toowould like to thank all those Vets out there for the sacrafices they have made. I myself have put in 6 years of military service as Air Assault and Biological and Chemical decontamination specialist. I have never been in combat but have the greatest respect for those that have. This is your day folks and we not only respect but Greatly appreciate you all!

 

[OxAO]

Yes, Thank you very much everyone that has served.

Not many people understand this but vetrens give us everything that we have.
From the food on our tables to the games that we play, because without freedom we have nothing. Quite litterally.

 

[Uvtha]

Ironically today was my dad's funeral, who was a veteran.

 

[Bullet]

Ironically today was my dad's funeral, who was a veteran.

As i take a moment of silence............all vets deserve that and my hert felt condolances to you!

 

[Yacct]

This thread is very OT and should be moved.

 

[Chyna of Sonoma]

101st Airborne Screaming Eagles 1987-90.

 

[kelmo]

This thread is very OT and should be moved.

Don't read it anymore. It will eventually slip away. I honer those Veterans before me and those that served after.

I hope those that serve now will become Vets and enjoy this day.

Veterans Day is a day of celebration. Those men and women came home.

Memorial Day we will refect on the loss and selfless sacrafices made.

While somewhat off topic, it is meaningful to many.

*salutes*

Former Second class petty officer. LPD 12 USS Shreveport.

We hauled Marines and SeaL teams.

 

[Jirel of Joiry]

Don't read it anymore. It will eventually slip away. I honer those Veterans before me and those that served after.

I hope those that serve now will become Vets and enjoy this day.

Veterans Day is a day of celebration. Those men and women came home.

Memorial Day we will refect on the loss and selfless sacrafices made.

While somewhat off topic, it is meaningful to many.

*salutes*

Former Second class petty officer. LPD 12 USS Shreveport.

We hauled Marines and SeaL teams.

I just gotta ask..Who's tougher Marines or the Seals?

 

[AnneNomilly]

A heartfelt thank you to all our men and women who made sacrifices so others would not have to. To the families of our veterans, thank you as well for lending us your sons, daughters, fathers, mothers. Freedom truly isn't free so thank you for our freedoms hard fought and hard won.

 

[kelmo]

I just gotta ask..Who's tougher Marines or the Seals?

*smiles* Apples and oranges. Marines do their thing. Seals do theirs. Qualified Marines can become Seals. Those two are entwined. Did you know every medic with the Marines is a Navy guy?

 

[Lord Frodo]

To my fellow brothers and sisters, may God keep you safe and bring you home one day.

Don't read it anymore. It will eventually slip away. I honer those Veterans before me and those that served after.

I hope those that serve now will become Vets and enjoy this day.

Veterans Day is a day of celebration. Those men and women came home.

Memorial Day we will refect on the loss and selfless sacrafices made.

While somewhat off topic, it is meaningful to many.

*salutes*

Former Second class petty officer. LPD 12 USS Shreveport.

We hauled Marines and SeaL teams.

I just gotta ask..Who's tougher Marines or the Seals?

Kelmo Thank you for saying that.

Jirel of Joiry, Kelmo may not want to say it but I will. Marines want to be Seals, but no Seal ever wanted to step down to be a Marine. Navy Seals are the best of the best.

USN (retired) 21 years

 

[Mitzlplik_SP]

Yes, thanx to all the soldiers, past and present.



This movie is something I stumbled across awhile back. Some may find it interesting since it ties into all things war.

http://www.watchzeitgeist.com/

 

[Harb]

To my fellow brothers and sisters, may God keep you safe and bring you home one day.
Kelmo Thank you for saying that.

Jirel of Joiry, Kelmo may not want to say it but I will. Marines want to be Seals, but no Seal ever wanted to step down to be a Marine. Navy Seals are the best of the best.

USN (retired) 21 years

Thanks to all who support our vets, it actually goes both ways from the perspective of those of us who served. Whose tougher? This is kind of a "silly" argument, roles/ responsibility/ training are very different, and circumstance for employment of all "type" forces vary greatly. Be assured, the support soldiers who find themselves under direct fire sans the training, equipment and mutual support I had consistently, are in a very dire and uncomfortable situation indeed. Bravery knows no branch of service, job title, or rank. I'm an old Army Airborne Ranger type with some time on the "dark side," and have worked closely with both our Marines and SEALs. From a physical toughness perspective, no one, including my guys, are "collectively" as "fit" as our SEALs. Likewise, they are not capable of many of the things the fellas on my side of the street are. So in a world where all things are executed correctly, the right folks get assigned to do the things they're best suited for. At the end of the day, and I did this business for 24 years, all truely are equal contributors, none of us could do what we do without the others. Hope that helps a little.

 

[jfkeach]

Without "waving my patriotic card", you are welcome. 12 year vet, 3 in the gulf. I would do it again if I could, and I don't think many that served would rather have not. There is a sense of pride in knowing you did your part, that nothing can replace nor take away.