Art & Inspiration Happy Veterans Day!

Frank,is the photo above,MP by Jeep,you???

 

From one vet to all the rest ... hope your Veterans' Day was what you wanted it to be.

 

wbrw 32 . That is me and thanks for welcoming me back home when outhers turned away. You are one of my best friends. Frank

 

All the men at Custom Automotive were super. Charlie, and his sons Charlie Jr. and George, Bobby, Charles T. , Mike W., Tinker, JL , and one of my best friends Ronnie, were all good to Vetran's Thanks guys Frank

 

Here's another MP next to a Jeep. It's my Dad in 1945. Notice the Pentagon in the background....

 

From one vet to all those who are vets I hope you had a super Veterans Day. A buddy of mine and I did our Veterans Day thing again this year. Started out at the Veterans club for breakfast then to Hyvee for coffee rolls and programs then to Texas Roadhouse for lunch. Had a great time hope you all did too

 

A crappy copy of one of my favorite photos of my uncle Bill. He's hitch hiking his way from the midwest to his next duty station on the east coast, where he's to be trained as a Radioman. After training, he went aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS Leyte. Using radar, he radioed fighter and light attack pilots to help guide them for attack.
I'm so grateful to say that he's still with us and pushing 90! He doing real well and I try to spend as much time with him as I can. He's a great guy and quite a character. I'm truly blessed. He was also the major influence for me joining the Navy (80-84) and I was a board 2 Carriers wrenching on aircraft.
Happy Veterans Day.

 

Today is Veteran's Day.

RIP to our brothers who have paid the ultimate price for our freedom.

This isn't about Memorial Day. This is about paying homage to all Veteran's of all wars and peace time. A day to reflect of what the United States Armed Forces are about.

It's not about the BBQ's and the beer. It's about the Soldier, The Sailor, The Marine, The Airman and the Coast Guardsmen. That's right. The FIVE branches of the United States Armed Forces.

There will be a wreath laid at the Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier, "Known But To God". There will be a 21 gun salute.

There will be United States Flags placed at each grave in each Veteran's Cemetery across our nation.

Some Veterans will have the day off as some Veteran's will have to go to work. And there are those Veterans who will be in our V.A. Hospitals for the ailments of war. And there will be Veterans who, although they are home, still have that war raging in their minds.

Today, instead of heading out for a free meal at Denny's or other places, I am going to feast on an MRE. It's my day and I'll reflect as as I please.

It is for the United States Veteran, that this day is for.

God Bless Us All.....

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1st ID, 7th ID Light, 101st Airborne/ Air Mobile, 82nd All American Airborne, Southern Command Panama
Always Division M.P.

 

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1st ID. The patch I choose to wear on my right shoulder.

 

Happy our day to all my brothers in arms.

If you get a minute a short video some of us can relate too. It is not just about the injured and dead it's about all of us on our day.

Remember Johnny Spann

 

Thank You loudbang for posting that touching video. Joe

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Here is a picture of my M.P. Patrol Vehicle for Slot Cars. VROOOM!

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The old man is a poser guilty of "Stolen Valor" If he would wear a cap claiming he was a veteran of Veitnam rather than Viet-Nam.
If in actuality he had been there, he would surely know where he'd been. CMC

 

Some years back, a group of us Houston HAMBer's got permission to display our cars at the Houston VA hospital. It was one of the best times I ever had in my car. I'm proud to have served and my memories are priceless. U.S. Navy, DC2 Wyche







A couple years later, I had the pleasure to meet the "Kissing Sailor", Glenn McDuffie at the Houston VA hospital. He was more than happy to accept a HAMB cap.

 

I took my best friend to the VA one the 9th. They kept him a few days and when I picked him up the news was not good. This is a Vietnam Marine who had to sign up for the draft after he got home. He was not old enough to buy a beer. He reminds me every day of the debt we owe our Vets, a debt we can never repay only honor.
On another front hot rodders owe our Vets a whole other kind of recognition. So many came home with a thirst for speed and power and with determination to pursue it. We are direct recipients of that pursuit. Thank all of you.

 

Please tell your friend THANK YOU! I and we surely appreciate his service! SEMPER FI! Joe

 

Will do, Thanks.

 

Army
Jan 1966 thru Oct 1973
Should have stayed in, could have retired years ago

 

Time to bring this back from the old post home. Everyone remember a Veteran. Thank the ones you see and pray for those that are no longer with us.

 

Not widely publicized here, this patriotic work of art is an epic piece, a large-as-life salute to all WWII veterans, and particularly those who fought in Europe. See this link for the whole story...

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AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY!!!!! 101st Airborne(1966-1969) Vietnam 67-68. God speed to everyone on this special day. I would do it all over again. Sgt. John Fink, HHC Support Command, 101st Airborne Div.........

 

Thanks veteran's for all you've done ! And my dad's service.........retired in 1975 after 20 years in TANG - Texas Air National Guard 136th wing.

 

Just a thought to remember both my grandfather, WWII Army Sgt with 10th Mtn Div in Europe and My great uncle who was a Sergeant with King Company, 3rd Bn 5th Marines in the Pacific. Neither are around any more, but both had a profound affect on how I would grow up. They had one other brother who was in the Army Air Corps. Even their sister was part of the USO. Sgt was the Rank for my family... myself included.

 

October 1971 , just out of Infantry training .

 

Wow, they let you have lots of hair back then!

 

Happy Veteran's Day

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This is my Dad while home on leave in 1942 with his 40 Chevy convertible. He never talked too much about his time in the Army Air Force during WWII. When I went in the Army in 1971, not knowing where I would end up and scared of what may be ahead for me, he just told me that I would go where the Army though they needed me and to do the best I could do and God would take care of the rest.

 

May there sacrifice never be forgotten! I learned my trade from two W W 2 vets. Every thing I have I have because of them and there sacrifice I think of them every day

 

I was a member of the Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club.