[Guenevere]

#47...I was at my parents 'assisted living home' last night, and they have displayed a huge bulletin board honoring our Vets!

My dad was Army, in the Asian/Pacific theater....

..and hubby was Viet Nam era, Navy.

VETS, WE HONOR YOU!!!!

And to all our Vets here on this Thread, God bless you!

[Miss Marple]

My dad was a WWII vet. He actually had enlisted in 1937 when he could no longer afford to stay in college (someone broke into his rooming house and stole all of his clothes and books).

To people who don't understand how behind our military was at the advent of WWII...when my dad finished basic he was sent to Ft. Snelling, Minnesota. It was a WOOD STOCKADE fort, they still had mules, and my dad was paid in stacks of silver dollars!

My dad had a few months of enlistment to go when Pearl Harbor was attacked, and he remained in the Army for the duration. He was in North Africa and then Italy and won two Bronze Stars.

Thank you to all of our vets, and thanks to my dad, who would, I think, be very proud of our current miltary.