Veteran's Roll Call: All Veteran's or those who have a Veteran relative, sound off!

[Cusester]

Army, 20Apr70 to 10Jan72. Vietnam with the 25th infantry division northwest of Saigon for 7 months then redeployed to the Americal division in the north for the remainder of my tour. Was given an early out for seasonal employment- snow plowing. And let me add that being in the service had a very positive effect on the path my life took.

 

[Hoo's That]

Me, my Dad, and his two brothers - Navy. I was a cryptologist.

On my Mom's side - 3 brothers in the Army, one was a POW captured in Italy; and one in the Coast Guard.

Addendum (lest I forget) - two aunts built P-47 Thunderbolts at Republic Aircraft.

 

[SUforme]

Navy 98-04 USS Detroit Earle, NJ, Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, VA technically was as OS but worked with the FC's for the most part.

 

[baggerbob]

Served in the Army Security Agency from 1964-1968.

 

[rrlbees]

Father Air Force
Uncle Air Force
Uncle Air Force
Uncle Marines
Uncle Army
Cousin Marines
Cousin Army
Brother Air Force

 

[javadoc]

Mom’s dad Army, coast artillery in Watsonville CA during WWII. Dad’s dad Navy, AA gun instructor at USNA during WWII.

There are others, but the craziest is my mom’s mom’s dad. His wife died after giving birth to my grandma in Utica, and he left to fight in WWI shortly thereafter. Except we weren’t in the war yet, so he went to Canada to enroll and go over to fight. Left my grandma with his brother, who raised her. He didn’t claim her when he returned. We learned this after she died, digging through her papers. I found her real mom and dad’s wedding certificate under contact paper in a dresser in her guest room.

 

[LAOrange]

USN Sonar Tech on a boomer. Vietnam Era.

 

[mvorange]

Dad - Army/Air Corp WWII, Navigator on B-24 stationed in Italy, bombed Germany.
Brother-Graduated USAF Academy and served four years after graduation.
Me- US Army 66-68, Indian Head in South Korea on DMZ, just as bad then as now.
Uncle - US Army WWII, fought in Pacific theater.

 

[ClkWrkOrange]

Army 84-90.

 

[cdull72]

Marines 93-97.

 

[CuseLegacy]

Nice... hometown of Doug Flutie

Amazing how whole families stepped up back then.
Brothers' service celebrated in Natick

I suggest that anyone going to the game in Liberty take a short side trip to Bedford, VA. and visit the National D-Day Memorial.

The National D-Day Memorial is located in Bedford, Virginia — the community suffering the highest per capita D-Day losses in the nation.

 

[FAL]

Army 1977-1999
Father—WWII MP Europe
Father-in-law—WWII 82nd Airborne
First cousin—Army 1967-1970. Air Force 1974-2000

 

[Tobias Funke]

Nice... hometown of Doug Flutie

Amazing how whole families stepped up back then.
Brothers' service celebrated in Natick

Yes and Doug was an easy guy to run into in Natick for many years.

Thanks for finding that, my grandfather Sebastian really embodied what being a proud American is all about. What isn’t mentioned was that he and most of the brothers were born in Italy and came over very early in their lives.

 

[blizz]

Bona fide Army Brat and proud. Better yet, it was my mom... I remember rocking her fatigues and surplus gear, hawking leftover MRE's and roaming through the abandoned sections of Ft. Bliss with my bros. I remember telling kids on the block "don't mess with my mom, she's a mean b!#&@ with an M-16"

 

[CuseLegacy]

 

[Townie72]

USAF cold warrior with lots of time in the Far East including a year with the Eighth US Army Honor Guard company in Seoul as one of two USAF members.

All of it was a great, life-changing experience.

 

[USMCSnyper]

USMC Aug 1993 - Apr 2000. Med Boarded out due to shoulder injury.

Happy Borthday to my fellow Marines!

 

[HtownOrange]

Bona fide Army Brat and proud. Better yet, it was my mom... I remember rocking her fatigues and surplus gear, hawking leftover MRE's and roaming through the abandoned sections of Ft. Bliss with my bros. I remember telling kids on the block "don't mess with my mom, she's a mean b!#&@ with an M-16"

People thank us Veterans for our service. I thank the spouses and children who supported us, too. No glamour, no glory, but always waiting for us, always there.

Thank you for supporting you mother and thanks to your mother for her service to us.

 

[Deano]

USAF 83-87
Dad - Army - Korean War

 

[HtownOrange]

USMC Aug 1993 - Apr 2000. Happy Borthday to my fellow Marines!

We know you are sniper, 36 kills (posts) in two years. Quiet, picking your shots (posts), and as a Marine, always on the mark. Not like us Air Force types that call in our buddy TexanMark to obliterate everything (Can you say AC130 Specter a.k.a. Puff the Magic Dragon!).

 

[Frozen]

My father in law served in the USAF for about 30 years and retired as a colonel.

 

[Keger03]

U.S. Army, Dog handler, 2001-current. Hooah!!

 

[Townie72]

I suggest that anyone going to the game in Liberty take a short side trip to Bedford, VA. and visit the National D-Day Memorial.

The National D-Day Memorial is located in Bedford, Virginia — the community suffering the highest per capita D-Day losses in the nation.

Almost every Frenchman in Normandy knows the story of the men from Bedford, VA and their sacrifice.

 

[Qbobby]

My dad was in the Marines in Vietnam '67-'69. Purple Heart and Bronze Star recipient.

 

[Hoo's That]

Almost every Frenchman in Normandy knows the story of the men from Bedford, VA and their sacrifice.

Anyone who tells you the French aren't (ed. let me repeat that aren't proofreader syndrome made me miss what I typed) appreciative doesn't know what they're talking about. I went to the museum in Arromanches (the site of the British Mulberry harbor) and there was a whole busload of 4th-5th graders in there being told about what happened. I went to the US cemetery, and the French Air Force Academy cadets were there for a ceremony along with a lot of people who were obviously not Americans.