Veterans day

jon1redleg

Thank you to all who have served our GREAT COUNTRY!

One vet to another GOD BLESS!!!!

cnh

A friend sent me this today. I think this thread is an 'appropriate' place to share it!


JFK'S
Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's when
DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaulle said he wanted all US
military out of France as soon as possible.

Rusk responded,
"Does that include those who are buried here?"

DeGaulle
did not respond.


You
could have heard a pin drop.




When in England,
at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the
Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of
'empire building' by George Bush.

He answered by saying,
"Over the years, the United States has sent many of
its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom
beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for
in return is enough to bury those that did not
return."


You
could have heard a pin drop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


There was a conference in France
where a number of international engineers
were taking part, including French and American. During a break,
one of the French engineers came back into the room saying, "Have you
heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft
carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he
intend to do, bomb them?"


A Boeing engineer
stood up and replied quietly: "Our carriers have three
hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are
nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to
shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to
feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand
gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a
dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and
from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships;
how many does France have?"


You
could have heard a pin drop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


A U.S. Navy Admiral
was attending a naval conference that included
Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French
Navies At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large
group of officers that included personnel from most of those countries.
Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a
French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many
languages, Americans learn only English. He then asked, "Why is it that
we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than
speaking French?"


Without hesitating,
the American Admiral replied, "Maybe it's because the
Brit's, Canadians, Aussie's and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't
have to speak German."

You
could have heard a pin drop.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AND
THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...


Robert Whiting,
an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane.
At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport
in his carry on.


"You
have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked
sarcastically.


Mr. Whiting
admitted that he had been to France
previously.


"Then
you should know enough to have your passport ready."


The American said,
"The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."


"Impossible..
Americans always have to show their passports on arrival in France !"


The American senior
gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he
quietly explained, ''Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in
1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchmen
to show a passport to."

You
could have heard a pin drop.

There is nothing political intended above. Just a recognition of what our men and women have sacrificed (my father served in the Great War--WWII).

cnh

Conradicles

cnh that was one of the best posts I have ever read here on the forum...thank you Sir!!!

deronb1

And to you.....served 10 myself, Army, and my son is currently serving in the USAF. I don't agree with all policies, but they have nothing to do with the sacrifice our military men and women have made and are making now.

danz1906

jon1redleg wrote: »

Thank you to all who have served our GREAT COUNTRY!

One vet to another GOD BLESS!!!!

Thank you for your Service!

USAR 1985-1993

schwarcw

God Bless all men and women who have served our Country in the armed forces. Let's remember the ones who have made the ultimate sacrifice so that we could all live in freedom!

Glowrdr

I may not agree with our Government, but I certainly support our Troops. For that, I thank you all.

decal

Wonderful post cnh, simply wonderful. I salute you sir.

woodhead 2

Happy Veterans Day

Navy Seabees 73-77

HHStuart

Great post, CNH.

US Army 1968-1970.

I was just a grunt.

Happy Veterans day.

My hat is off to all who served, willingly or unwillingly.

Joe08867

Thank you to all who served and are serving in the Military.

RSTERN

Thank You to all Veterans. Thank you for my freedom.
Rob

engtaz

Thank you very much for your service, Salute

carvcom

Thanks to all who have served!

U.S.ARMY 89-93

evhudsons

A loss in peace is just as honorable as a loss in war, and just as big a sacrifice for our freedom.

Thanks to all who served and still serve.

US Navy Corpsman, 8404, 1986-1990

steveinaz

God Bless to all veterans!

USArmy 1982-1997
Dept of the Army (civ) 1997-PRESENT

obieone

Thanks to all, especially the families, past, present, and future.

USN 1993-1998