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To All Our Vets...
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I have no idea but if Google is correct the stars are for Admiral Nelson's victories. I have no idea about the collar as I couldn't find anything.
The collar is traditional. A hold over from when sailors used to dip their braided hair in tar (hence the name 'tars') to protect their whites. I have no idea about the stars.
I always assumed that the flap was just a lobster bib flipped around. I expect you get lobster every day, right? Maybe alternated with filet mignon?
Nah. That would be the Air Force. Us Navy people didn't get fed that well.
If nothing else , a zipper fly instead of buttons is a big improvement .:clapping:
That ain’t no sheet! You haven’t lived until you have to take a leak real bad and have to unbutton 13 buttons to be able to do it. I hated them damn buttons. Of course I’m retired now, so I don’t worry about it anymore...
Bubba
peteg59
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The Japanese ushered in the Atomic age. We air mailed them a copy and they field tested it.
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Vought V-173, the "Flying Pancake", an American experimental fighter aircraft for the United States Navy (1942).
Vought V-173, the "Flying Pancake", an American experimental fighter aircraft for the United States Navy (1942).
Just bumping this up ......
peteg59
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Sounds like we'll be waiting awhile longer now for the "meeting"...:Shrug:
In the meantime, we still have the capability to ruin Little Rocketman's day if they were to actually try anything stupid...
Sounds like we'll be waiting awhile longer now for the "meeting"...:Shrug:
In the meantime, we still have the capability to ruin Little Rocketman's day if they were to actually try anything stupid...
They don't have to try anything, They already fooled South Korea, And the rest of the Pansies were stepping over their self falling in line......
Neville Chamberlain 1938..:whiteflag:..Peace in our time... The world found out appeasement doesn't work...
bikerbillone
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Yeah, the little creep trying to fool us once again, along with the other 20 or so times we've capitulated.
peteg59
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It's all about our Veterans who've gone before the rest of us...
...God Bless them all.:clapping:
...God Bless them all.:clapping:
peteg59
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Thanks to all who have served.:clapping:
SALUTE........
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It's not about car racing or bbq's, its for honoring those who laid down their life for our country. My high school sweetheart gave his life in Vietnam and never came home, God bless him and all those other brave men and women in uniform.
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Jack Klarich
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Thank you ALL for my freedoms
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Memorial Day weekend remembrance
Something to think about today.
Bubba
[h=3]FORESTS OF STONE[/h]
Scattered throughout this great country and in many foreign lands are countless Forests of Stone. Some are perfectly aligned, delicately manicured and carefully guarded. Visited at times as a courtesy or for official inspections; at other times by somber faced friends and relatives of the precious remains lying beneath the sod of these hallowed forests. Others stand alone in private cemeteries, forgotten, covered with weeds, unkempt and unvisited.
Walking through these Forests of Stone, where each white granite marker stands in mute testimony to a life sacrificed or served to ensure our liberty and freedom, is sobering. Each stone stands at the head of a patriot, blind to race, color or creed, reminding each visitor of the cost of freedom and the sacrifice that each citizen must be willing and prepared to face in order to perpetuate this freedom.
Solitude and peace surrounds these sons and daughters of America who now lie still in death. Many had lives cut short in an ultimate display of honor to secure our heritage for those that follow. Fallen on the field of battle in long forgotten wars in unfamiliar foreign places. Fathers and mothers of children who will never be born and will never enjoy those rights for which they died. Others served faithfully but by chance and the Grace of God, were spared the fate of their fallen brothers and sisters.
Sometimes taken for granted in life, they must now be respected in death. These Forests of Stone have stood as silent sentinels over our military dead since the first markers were carved by hand so many years ago. Weathering gracefully the ravages of wind and rain. Permanent reminders to those who enjoy the milk and honey of America that there will come a time when the call will be sounded to follow their lead; when the greedy and power-hungry of this world will cause the thunder of war to rattle across this great nation. Patiently these Forests of Stone wait, to eventually receive the honored remains of patriots yet unborn.
Pay homage to those who lie here and in private cemeteries across the nation. Seldom visited, seldom thanked, seldom remembered. Remember also those 125,000 sons and daughters lying at peace in twenty-four Forests of Stone on foreign soil; and those who lie in unmarked graves on battlefields and jungle floors throughout the world, for they bravely answered the call and paid the price of freedom. They ask nothing of us. To them we owe everything.
Bubba
[h=3]FORESTS OF STONE[/h]
Scattered throughout this great country and in many foreign lands are countless Forests of Stone. Some are perfectly aligned, delicately manicured and carefully guarded. Visited at times as a courtesy or for official inspections; at other times by somber faced friends and relatives of the precious remains lying beneath the sod of these hallowed forests. Others stand alone in private cemeteries, forgotten, covered with weeds, unkempt and unvisited.
Walking through these Forests of Stone, where each white granite marker stands in mute testimony to a life sacrificed or served to ensure our liberty and freedom, is sobering. Each stone stands at the head of a patriot, blind to race, color or creed, reminding each visitor of the cost of freedom and the sacrifice that each citizen must be willing and prepared to face in order to perpetuate this freedom.
Solitude and peace surrounds these sons and daughters of America who now lie still in death. Many had lives cut short in an ultimate display of honor to secure our heritage for those that follow. Fallen on the field of battle in long forgotten wars in unfamiliar foreign places. Fathers and mothers of children who will never be born and will never enjoy those rights for which they died. Others served faithfully but by chance and the Grace of God, were spared the fate of their fallen brothers and sisters.
Sometimes taken for granted in life, they must now be respected in death. These Forests of Stone have stood as silent sentinels over our military dead since the first markers were carved by hand so many years ago. Weathering gracefully the ravages of wind and rain. Permanent reminders to those who enjoy the milk and honey of America that there will come a time when the call will be sounded to follow their lead; when the greedy and power-hungry of this world will cause the thunder of war to rattle across this great nation. Patiently these Forests of Stone wait, to eventually receive the honored remains of patriots yet unborn.
Pay homage to those who lie here and in private cemeteries across the nation. Seldom visited, seldom thanked, seldom remembered. Remember also those 125,000 sons and daughters lying at peace in twenty-four Forests of Stone on foreign soil; and those who lie in unmarked graves on battlefields and jungle floors throughout the world, for they bravely answered the call and paid the price of freedom. They ask nothing of us. To them we owe everything.
Larry Dunn, USN Ret.
Vietnam Veteran
March 8, 2001
“Lest we forget!”
Vietnam Veteran
March 8, 2001
“Lest we forget!”
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