Veteran's Day

Tomorrow is Veteran's Day. Originally it was Armistice Day to honor the end of the "War to end all Wars". Many people of  the teens in the last century thought and felt that we would truly never fight again in a war as brutal and wasteful as the Great War. We all know that history does repeat its self. Why..because we do not study and digest and really remember it. We are therefore condemned to repeat it. Of all days this is one that I truly dread. I think of my friends who I have marched off to war with I am here alive and well, some of them are not. Some were buried in Arlington National Cemetary with all the honors and fanfare of a deserving warrior who gave his life in defense of his country. One chose a quiet solemn burial of a simple Soldier high in the mountains of his beloved Idaho. Some wanted to have nothing of the Army associated with their final resting place. These are the men we should celebrate and honor and Thank. These fine young men are the ones who deserve this day in their honor. Those of us who have gone off to war and fought and came home have our reward, we have our lives to live. We have our families to love and we have endless possibilities for our future. All because of these fine men.

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