It’s Veterans Day – Hug a Vet

By: scipio62 (Diary)  |  November 11th at 07:16 AM  | 

There are two veterans in my family, my father and his brother, my uncle. Uncle was in WWII. He entered combat in eastern France at the beginning of 1945. His unit fought across the Maginot Line, fought across the line, then fought in southwestern Germany until V-E Day. He then spent the next year as part of the occupying forces before being mustered out. Dad | Read More »

A Salute To The Veterans – Open Thread

By: scipio62 (Diary)  |  November 11th at 07:16 AM  | 

Today is Veterans Day. It was all of the battles they’ve fought, and all of the sacrifices they had to make, that allows America to be the land for freedom for all people, the example that other nations can follow if they want their people to be as free; the land of the free. And for the veterans, we acknowledge that this is their home, | Read More »