Thanks to all the people who go to crazy places overseas and kill bad people so we can be all safe and write silly blogs. It’s from your efforts that we are able to have these silly political arguments — not that we blame you.
While I was in the Air Force, I only had two bad assignments. The first (and least bad of the two) was Saudi Arabia. The abolute worst was Mountaun Home, ID, the place where airmen go to die.
A salute to all the Veterans of my extended family, with apologies to those I’ve yet to find. We’re a thorney bunch, so they’re bound to be pissed off at me for it…
Joshua Hill – Revolutionary War – Continental Army
Shadrack Rowe – Revolutionary War – Continental Army
Robert Tripp – Revolutionary War – Continental Army
PVT Francis Alligood – Civil War – Company C, 3rd NC Artillery Regiment (40th NC Infantry)
1LT Macon Bonner – Civil War – Company B, 3rd NC Artillery Regiment (40th NC Infantry)
PVT Ransom Buck – Civil War – Company K, 17th NC Infantry Regiment
1SG David Allen Sikes – Civil War – Company H, 3rd NC Infantry
CPT William Henry Tripp – Civil War – Company B, 3rd NC Artillery Regiment (40th NC Inf.)
PVT Ivey H. Woolard – Civil War – Company B, 3rd NC Artillery Regiment (40th NC Infantry)
Believed KIA in the retreat from Wilmington
PVT Stephen Wiley Woolard – Civil War – Company C, 3rd NC Artillery Regiment (40th NC Inf.)
PVT Thomas Addison Yeates – Civil War – Company K, 17th NC Infantry Regiment
Killed in the Battle for Hatteras Inlet Batteries
SN Bruce Donald Lewis Sr. – WWI – USN
PVT Raymond A. Lewis – WWI – 302nd Field Artillery, 76th Div., US Army
PFC Cadest McCoy Winfield – WWI – US Army
PVT Ellis Grey Alligood – WWII – US Army
PVT Norwood Clinton Armstrong – WWII – US Army
PVT George L. Ballance – WWII – US Army
Earnest Hertford Bishop Jr. – WWII – US Army (Europe); 2 PH, 2 SS, 2 BS
T/4 David Holmes Boyd – WWII – US Army
GM3 Adam Treadwell Thorpe Buck – WWII – US Navy
PVT Floyd Hilton Buck – WWII – US Army
PVT Maggie Marvin Buck – WWII – Women’s Army Corps
SA Vernon Corbin Canady – WWII – US Navy
PVT William M. Canady – WWII – US Army
AMMH/3 Charles Gorham Clark – WWII – US Navy
PVT Redding Boyd Cutler – WWII – 385th Anti-aircraft Battalion, US Army
MMS Walter Raleigh Cutler – WWII, Korea, Vietnam – USN
SN Russell Langley Daniels – WWII – USN – USS Saratoga (CV-3)
PVT Harold Fitzhugh Eagles – WWII – US Army – Purple Heart
FC3 Dupree Lee Edwards – WWII – USN – USS Yorktown (CV-5)
KIA – Battle of the Coral Sea
PVT Archie Wilson Eleanor – WWII – US Army
PVT Robert Glenn Elks – WWII – US Army
PVT Charles Graham Frizzell – WWII – USMC
PFC Charlie Marshall Hill – WWII – US Army
PVT Preston Roberson Ireland – WWII – US Army
T/5 Alton Gray Lewis – WWII – US Army
CPL Clyde Edgbert Lewis – WWII – US Army
PVT Edmond Dais Lewis – WWII – US Army
SN William Braxton Lewis – WWII – USN
PVT George Donahue Nobles – WWII – US Army
T/5 James Eborn Pilley Jr. – WWII – US Army
PVT August Lewis Polier – WWII – US Army
PVT Melvin R Sexton – WWII – US Army
PVT Robert Morgan Sexton – WWII – US Army
SQM Howard Lamar Stowe– WWII – US Merchant Marines
PVT Elbert Thorton Tarkington Sr. – WWII – US Army
PVT Monie Albert Toler – WWII – US Army
LCDR Richard W. Tripp – WWII, Korea – USN
SGT John William Warren – WWII – USMC
LCDR Arthur Bernard Yeates Jr – WWII – USN
KIA – Shot down by AA fire over Northern Honshu, Japan, 10 Aug 1945
LT Morgan Gales Yeates – WWII – USN
PVT Russell Edward Armstrong – Korea – US Army
PO2 Elwood Ray Boyd – Korea – USN
LCDR Alton Gray Buck – Korea – USN
PFC Curtis Clayton Toler– Korea – US Army
SGT Fredrick Brown Woolard Sr. – Korea – USAF
MM1 Albert B. Jefferson – Vietnam – USN
RMSM Bruce Donald Lewis Jr. – Vietnam – USN
TSGT Jeffrey Allen Finigan – Desert Storm – 4th EMS Sq, 4th TF, USAF
The problem with getting used to shooting commies is that people seem to frown on you doing it here at home. To me a commie, is a commie. It’s racism to only shoot Asian commies!
I don’t know where our nation finds these people. They are the one’s who run to danger and not away from it on our behalf! We cannot thank them enough for their service! God Bless our Men and Women in uniform who protect this proud nation daily!
I could live to be a million years old, yet I would never cease to be in awe of our service men and women. I truly thank God that our veterans stood in the gap between us and those intent on harming us. While other national institutions fail, the continued dedication, bravery and ingenuity of our service men and women give us hope for the future.
IMAO we can be more mindful of their sacrifice and stop hanging them out to die alone and surrounded in third world crap holes propped up by first world welfare.
They signed up to protect their own family and homes not babysit the neighbors. Lets bring them home to do the job they are sworn to, defend Americas borders from enemies foreign and domestic.
I too wish to thank not only our veterans but their families for the sacrifices they made and continue to make so that we can live in freedom and liberty. As the great grand-daughter, grand daughter, daughter, wife, niece and mother of a military member I know first hand what it takes to to support our men and women in uniform. I salute them and their loved ones.
While “Always Faithful” or Semper Fidelis is the Marine corps motto, it is the code all the services ascribe to.
While I was in the Air Force, I only had two bad assignments. The first (and least bad of the two) was Saudi Arabia. The abolute worst was Mountaun Home, ID, the place where airmen go to die.
My time in service was all in So Cal. Sometimes I feel guilty I didn’t do anything real important- got sick and was released early…
A salute to all the Veterans of my extended family, with apologies to those I’ve yet to find. We’re a thorney bunch, so they’re bound to be pissed off at me for it…
Joshua Hill – Revolutionary War – Continental Army
Shadrack Rowe – Revolutionary War – Continental Army
Robert Tripp – Revolutionary War – Continental Army
PVT Francis Alligood – Civil War – Company C, 3rd NC Artillery Regiment (40th NC Infantry)
1LT Macon Bonner – Civil War – Company B, 3rd NC Artillery Regiment (40th NC Infantry)
PVT Ransom Buck – Civil War – Company K, 17th NC Infantry Regiment
1SG David Allen Sikes – Civil War – Company H, 3rd NC Infantry
CPT William Henry Tripp – Civil War – Company B, 3rd NC Artillery Regiment (40th NC Inf.)
PVT Ivey H. Woolard – Civil War – Company B, 3rd NC Artillery Regiment (40th NC Infantry)
Believed KIA in the retreat from Wilmington
PVT Stephen Wiley Woolard – Civil War – Company C, 3rd NC Artillery Regiment (40th NC Inf.)
PVT Thomas Addison Yeates – Civil War – Company K, 17th NC Infantry Regiment
Killed in the Battle for Hatteras Inlet Batteries
SN Bruce Donald Lewis Sr. – WWI – USN
PVT Raymond A. Lewis – WWI – 302nd Field Artillery, 76th Div., US Army
PFC Cadest McCoy Winfield – WWI – US Army
PVT Ellis Grey Alligood – WWII – US Army
PVT Norwood Clinton Armstrong – WWII – US Army
PVT George L. Ballance – WWII – US Army
Earnest Hertford Bishop Jr. – WWII – US Army (Europe); 2 PH, 2 SS, 2 BS
T/4 David Holmes Boyd – WWII – US Army
GM3 Adam Treadwell Thorpe Buck – WWII – US Navy
PVT Floyd Hilton Buck – WWII – US Army
PVT Maggie Marvin Buck – WWII – Women’s Army Corps
SA Vernon Corbin Canady – WWII – US Navy
PVT William M. Canady – WWII – US Army
AMMH/3 Charles Gorham Clark – WWII – US Navy
PVT Redding Boyd Cutler – WWII – 385th Anti-aircraft Battalion, US Army
MMS Walter Raleigh Cutler – WWII, Korea, Vietnam – USN
SN Russell Langley Daniels – WWII – USN – USS Saratoga (CV-3)
PVT Harold Fitzhugh Eagles – WWII – US Army – Purple Heart
FC3 Dupree Lee Edwards – WWII – USN – USS Yorktown (CV-5)
KIA – Battle of the Coral Sea
PVT Archie Wilson Eleanor – WWII – US Army
PVT Robert Glenn Elks – WWII – US Army
PVT Charles Graham Frizzell – WWII – USMC
PFC Charlie Marshall Hill – WWII – US Army
PVT Preston Roberson Ireland – WWII – US Army
T/5 Alton Gray Lewis – WWII – US Army
CPL Clyde Edgbert Lewis – WWII – US Army
PVT Edmond Dais Lewis – WWII – US Army
SN William Braxton Lewis – WWII – USN
PVT George Donahue Nobles – WWII – US Army
T/5 James Eborn Pilley Jr. – WWII – US Army
PVT August Lewis Polier – WWII – US Army
PVT Melvin R Sexton – WWII – US Army
PVT Robert Morgan Sexton – WWII – US Army
SQM Howard Lamar Stowe– WWII – US Merchant Marines
PVT Elbert Thorton Tarkington Sr. – WWII – US Army
PVT Monie Albert Toler – WWII – US Army
LCDR Richard W. Tripp – WWII, Korea – USN
SGT John William Warren – WWII – USMC
LCDR Arthur Bernard Yeates Jr – WWII – USN
KIA – Shot down by AA fire over Northern Honshu, Japan, 10 Aug 1945
LT Morgan Gales Yeates – WWII – USN
PVT Russell Edward Armstrong – Korea – US Army
PO2 Elwood Ray Boyd – Korea – USN
LCDR Alton Gray Buck – Korea – USN
PFC Curtis Clayton Toler– Korea – US Army
SGT Fredrick Brown Woolard Sr. – Korea – USAF
MM1 Albert B. Jefferson – Vietnam – USN
RMSM Bruce Donald Lewis Jr. – Vietnam – USN
TSGT Jeffrey Allen Finigan – Desert Storm – 4th EMS Sq, 4th TF, USAF
Thanks for recognizing veterans for their service, Frank.
One way to tell a Liberal from a Conservative:
Conservative: Willing to fight and die to defend family, community and country.
Liberal: Refuses to fight; blames those who are willing to fight for their own cowardice.
The problem with getting used to shooting commies is that people seem to frown on you doing it here at home. To me a commie, is a commie. It’s racism to only shoot Asian commies!
I don’t know if I could ever find the words to properly express my gratitude and my pride in sharing a nation with our veterans.
I think you just did, Marko.
I don’t know where our nation finds these people. They are the one’s who run to danger and not away from it on our behalf! We cannot thank them enough for their service! God Bless our Men and Women in uniform who protect this proud nation daily!
Now let’s give them a Commander in Chief that they deserve in two years!!!
I could live to be a million years old, yet I would never cease to be in awe of our service men and women. I truly thank God that our veterans stood in the gap between us and those intent on harming us. While other national institutions fail, the continued dedication, bravery and ingenuity of our service men and women give us hope for the future.
remember remember the eleventh of November
IMAO we can be more mindful of their sacrifice and stop hanging them out to die alone and surrounded in third world crap holes propped up by first world welfare.
They signed up to protect their own family and homes not babysit the neighbors. Lets bring them home to do the job they are sworn to, defend Americas borders from enemies foreign and domestic.
God bless our troops and their endeavours.
Thank you Veterans for allowing me to live in this great country. I hope I can make you as proud as you have made me!
I too wish to thank not only our veterans but their families for the sacrifices they made and continue to make so that we can live in freedom and liberty. As the great grand-daughter, grand daughter, daughter, wife, niece and mother of a military member I know first hand what it takes to to support our men and women in uniform. I salute them and their loved ones.
While “Always Faithful” or Semper Fidelis is the Marine corps motto, it is the code all the services ascribe to.
Thank you.
Peace.
Security.
Liberty.
Thank you, America’s veterans, for these gifts I can never repay.