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Originally Posted by Bunion 2020
That looks like the crew that kept the commies on the east side of the Fulda Gap and made a lot of German fathers angry on the west side.
Thank you for your service SFB and all TGR veterans!
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That’s SFB in the Fulda Gap.Quote:
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At the height of the Cold War the US kept 120 American soldiers in that strategic location facing 170,000 Soviet tanks. If the balloon had gone up, SFB and those two buddies would have been annihilated in 20 seconds. They were the tripwire that would trigger America’s nuclear response.
Talk about being the sharp end of the spear. SFB is the real deal.
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Thank you Veterans!
It ain't like being a grunt is sumthin for the
Old smart and full of Viagra folks to do
I do remover a week of wandering around the forest in mesio or.some French sounding town near the border
That contained bunkers on bunkers of shit for ww3
And wild boars we weren't allowed to shoot
^^ true.
I was 17 when I enlisted.
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True. Great Great granddad. Pvt Cole. At age 31 with a wife and seven kids he got paid $300 to take the place of a draftee. Enlisted October 1861 Dishonorable Discharge May 1863. He saw some shit.
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Going to have to disagree here XXX. We have many veterans that served in places other than WW1 and 2 that do 't get enough remembrance on this day or any other. These men and women have served in Korea, Cyprus, the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda and other UN missions as well as Afghanistan and various NATO deployments. I know a few guys who were in Bosnia and what they saw was not good for their psyche and that's just one location. They put themselves between to groups who want and are actively trying to kill each other. That for me is worth thinking about and not in support of the military industrial complex.Quote:
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Rememberance Day here. Thanks for putting your life on the line all who served. For us, the living. Lest we forget.
yeah I think the number I heard was 500 Canadians went to KoreaQuote:
Originally Posted by weibo
and then of course there was them fellas that burnt the White H ouse eh
Or anybody else. Maybe some day all the grunts will lay down their guns and let the generals fight it out with swords. In the meantime, thanks again.Quote:
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And a good one. Thank you!Quote:
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Thank you, veterans.
For Remembrance Day for our Canadian cousins.
My grandfather who was at first Ypres as a cavalryman with the Poona Horse and survived WWI in the Royal Flying Corps having been shot, torpedoes, stabbed and gassed at different times.
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My Uncle Dave who flew with the RCAF when Canada had the fourth largest air force 1941-1945 with the 427 Squadron. The longest my uncle was in Canada was for RCAF training in Brandon, Manitoba in 1941 and with his position on a Lancaster in 1944.
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Dear old dad after finishing OCS and before leaving for the Pacific war.
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My recently departed brother who served with the 82nd Airborne Division in Grenada, Honduras and the First Gulf War.
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I had the honor to have shared a dinner table with Talisman’s kid brother. Ate an enormous amount of bbq brisket, and then played horseshoes. Paratrooper with the 82nd, cool guy. Sorry that he passed so young.
Missed yesterday while recovering from Covid vax
Another shoutout to My great uncle Herb Knowles, who came back from N Africa/Europe, and to Dan Somers who came back from four tours in Iraq/Afghanistan. Both were unable to live with the experience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RoVXYKC_iU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3MinwA62js
And mad compassion for all those still trying to cope with being put in an insane situation. Our country owes you better.
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Veterans Day honors all who have served our nation in uniform. Wartime, peacetime, does not matter. All veterans are honored today.
World War One ended at 11am on November 11th. “The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.”
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Thanks for bumping this thread Harry. For our Canadian cousins here is a picture of my uncle (middle) who was an RCAF aircrew on various types bombers out of the UK 1941-1945 with the RCAF 408 Squadron though he wasn't from Canada and other than training never lived there.
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Speaking of Talisman, bumping this post in honor of his kid brother.Quote:
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Vets in my family. Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, WWII. None since.
Mom on right. Her sister in center is still going at 102
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Another WWII Centenarian vet. D Day 2nd wave survivor. Walks his same route every day. NB Person of the Year. Bert.
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Thanks veterans. I appreciate your service.
And if you feel we sent you on a stupid or misguided mission, I appreciate it that much more. And offer my apologies for not electing better leadership. We're all human and make mistakes. Until we figure out lasting peace, you're very much needed. Thanks for giving your best.
A bit late but thanks for your service all of ya'll that served. As someone who hasn't had to put ones life on the line for someone else.. let's just say you ex-service folks have my eternal gratitude. Remembrance Day, yo!