Veterans Day - November 11

Happy Veterans Day!

We appreciate all that you do and have done. Thanks for keeping us safe and free.


To my Pop.....served 1959-1979 USN

still gett'n it at age 75

Thanks to all those who have served and those who are currently serving

Thank you Scotty. We'll have to drink to our Fathers next time we see each other.
My Dad was 17 in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He decided that day that he was going to serve. The day after graduating from high school, 6 months later, my dad and THOUSANDS of young Americans went down to the recruiter and signed up. A boaty person, my Dad chose the USCG. Very soon after that he was in the Mediterranean supporting the war against the Germans.
He was on a relatively small vessel. A U boat fired a torpedo at my Dad's boat, and the aim was good. At the last moment the torpedo broke the surface and pierced the hull midships above the waterline and did not detonate until it was in the cargo hold. The boat did not go down, but my Father lost many fiends and his youth that day.
He has been gone for 20 years, but I will say Semper Paratus to all in his honor.
You may see me wearing USCG items. I do so to honor all the men and women who have sacrificed so much.

We can do that Jack, and thanks for sharing.


Don't forget to hoist thoses flags from sunrise to sunset.

OMG.....Lets not forget MOM for raising us while Pop was away.

Mine is up - stays up.


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thanks for the reminder just hoisted my flag

My uncle was career Coast Guard, and had several boats under his command. The painting below was done in his honor:


Two of his daughters married into the USCG family, both aviators (rescue helicopters). Altho' both performed some heroic rescues, one was honored for one in particular:


He is on the left with his crew:


My dad never served in the active service. He was exempt because he was a research chemist and went to work for a company contracted by the government. His expertise had him developing specialized detonators for artillary shells.

EDIT: I can't leave out my dad's other brother. He was also exempt from active service since he worked at the David Taylor Research Center (Basin) doing hull design research for Navy submarines and ships.

And finally, my grand-dad served in the Spanish American War. His name appeared on a memorial poster dedicated to those from West Virginia who served in that conflict:




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Thanks Guy.........lets keep it going.

off to pick up my new scooter

My late father, Robert Howell Brooks, who served as a AAA gunner on Okinawa during the Korean War. (You can see where I get my good looks.)

My Dad served in the Navy he was in the Koren conflict..Hmm do they call it that anymore:huh
The ships he was on was The Pittsburgh and The Wooster.. I have his service medals...

HB was in the Army... He got a special thank you this morning


Thank You all who served and serving !!!!

I certainly hope this happens for more than one holiday out of the year????

God bless America!

Grandpa's (center) Plane


Grandparents


Pops


Can't find the one of Mom but it is out there.

Thank you to all Vets.

Dad - Staff Sergeant - World War II

9th Armored Division - Battle of the Bulge, First crossing of Rhine River at Remagen (March 1945)
France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Czech border.

I had to attend a sales conference today in Pittsburgh. Before we started, I approached the speaker and discussed Veterans Day with him, and that it is customary to stop at 11am to take a moment to remember the Veterans who gave so much (many giving the ultimate sacrifice) for the freedoms we too often take for granted. He agreed, and told me about his father, a career Army man. At 11:00, he stopped his presentation and asked that we take a moment to remember, and you could have heard a pin drop in the conference room. Everyone stopped what they were doing and bowed their head. Very moving.

Awesome Guy. Thanks for posting this. Dignity, bravery, honor, sacrifice. Chokes me up every time.

I love all the family photos. Thanks to all who posted.

I have to digitize some of my family memorabilia.

I love the black and white photos everyone!

I think we did a fine job today Honoring our Vets

I agree, and many thanks to you for starting the thread in this area. It's folks like you that keep our hopes alive that this is a great country and we can't forget our past to "move foreward" to what it is becoming now.

Thank you!