Rememberance/Veterans Day

[Guest pappajacks]

I think at a time when so many people talk about going to war like it's no different than putting on a football match, it's important to remember the toll war has taken on so many people.

 

What does Rememberance Day (in Canada) and Veterans Day (in the USA) represent to you?

[Guest evenflowDDT]

It represents how lucky my father was to NOT die or be permanently scarred in a war that accomplished nothing (Vietnam) like so many of his friends and countrymen did.

[Guest Vern Gagne]

Making the ultimate sacrifice. From Lexington and Concord all the way to Afghanistan.

[Guest TJH]

Mateship.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

I always spend a few minutes thinking about my grandpa, who took a chunk of shrapnel in the arm when he was in the Navy as a gunner on a carrier. Then he spent the next 50 years drinking himself into senility and poor health. Needless to say I had a world of respect for him yet absolutely none at the same time.

[Guest X briar rose X]

I think about the bomber crews over Europe, how well they did their jobs under the circumstances, and how honored I was to meet Capt. Morgan, who flew the Memphis Belle (first to complete a 25 mission tour and return to US).

 

And about a friend's grandfather, who still to this day, cannot talk about his experience in Vietnam because of the sheer emotion is brings forth.

[Guest Kotzenjunge]

I try to avoid thinking about it, not because I dislike it or anything, I just don't like being reminded of my grandfather, because it makes me extremely sad.

 

Fo sheez,

Kotzenjunge