Good evening SG! First off, I want to say thank you to some very important men and women. Today, in Canada, it is Remembrance Day. On the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month, we remember. We remember the men and women who have served for our country overseas and at home. Without the men and women that make up the Canadian...
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danaalexandria:
Yeah, I have a few friends in the forces, so it's something I feel pretty strongly about. I also loved how my favourite hockey team paid respect, by sporting desert camo jerseys during their game the night before Remembrance/Veteran's Day. Gotta love my Hawks!
strider57:
I also have friends serving in Iraq and Afghanistan at this time and my thoughts are always with them. My brother died in Viet Nam when I was in the 7th grade. He was Marine Recon, operating out of theater where we weren't supposed to have troops. His unit was attempting to disrupt the flow of material coming down from North Viet Nam along the Ho-Chi-Min trail. They were just supposed to sneak in, stay out of sight and call in air strikes on convoys, but they got ambushed and he died. I miss my brother, he was a Hell Of A Guy, but he died doing something he believed in. It was his third tour in Viet Nam and he was a volunteer. He didn't have to be there, he chose to be there. I wanted to avenge my brother death, but the war was over before I was old enough to enlist. My Mother begged me not to join the military after losing one son and at the time I couldn't put her through it, so I never served. Actually, there didn't seem to be much of a point. We had pulled out of Viet Nam and the military had way too many people as it was, so I just went to college and moved on with my life. I have my brother's Special Forces ring and it is one of my most cherished possessions. I was touched by the blog you wrote, because it was inspiring to see a young person reminding us all of the importance of honoring those who go into harms way to protect our freedom!!