when was the last time u thanked a vet?

Question

Thank You Soldier

Have you stopped to thank a Veteran today?
For the price of freedom they had to pay?

Did you gaze into those distant eyes?
Did you see the ghosts he can't deny?

Did you think a soldier's heart was made of steel?
Because he was trained to kill, he couldn't feel?

Did you see the guilt written on his face,
For the loss of life he can't replace?

Did you know he mourns the lives he couldn't save,
And walks with comrades in their grave?

Did you remember the boy with innocence lost?
Do you really know war's ultimate cost?

Have you felt the blast of artillery fire?
Do you have the courage it would require?

Have you stood in trenches consumed with fear?
Felt the enemies breath so very near?

Have you walked with God on a battleground?
Seen your brothers dead or dying all around?

Have you stopped to thank a Vet today,
Or did you just turn and walk away?

From the pain he'll carry for the rest of his life,
Did you consider his family, his children, his wife?

That watch him suffer in silence each and every day,
As he's haunted by memories that don't go away?

Did you care that the soldier is still pulling guard?
That his heart, mind, and soul will forever be scarred?

Do you know how he suffers from ptsd?
Or that our precious freedom is never free?

Do you care that he still hears the blood curdling screams?
Or that he returns to the war each night in his dreams?

Have you felt the sorrow of a combat Vet?
Or would you rather just forget?

That war has pierced his hardened heart,
And torn this soldier all apart?

Would you rather our heroes just fade away?
Or will you stop to thank a Vet today?


By Chris Woolnough

Answer 1

Thank You!

Answer 2

I am proud to be an ex-airman.
Not proud that I ever was in the Air Force, but that I had the courage and the luck to get out of the killing machine.
Neither the military nor any other government agency gave us our rights, The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution against the wishes of the US government. The constitution itself was written only after US soldiers violently and bloodily put down a rebellion by their fellow Americans. When the Constitution was first published there was such public outrage that no provision was given for the government to be limited in power, and no mention whatever about Rights.

Every military action in the United States since the War of 1812 was taken against Americans. None of the wars fought since then have been in defense either of America as a nation or the freedoms and rights of Americans.

If you have been talked into believing otherwise, then I feel sorry for you, but I am not going to feed the delusion that any of the killing sprees done by the government have actually benefitted any one other than the very rich.

Ask your president why he has consistently tried to cut VA benefits.

You can spread the poisonous hate propaganda that people who believe as I do are "anti american", that is your right.

Just remember that the same forces that are disseminating that hate are also threatening Americans, threatening us with imprisonment or even death, for daring to question the orders and policies of "our" leader. If you can work that around to be protecting or securing rights for Americans, make it logical and convince me that making Terroristic threats against Americans isn't actually Anti-American TERRORISM, I will at least listen.
Just don't expect me to not correct the mistakes I see in your assumptions.

And do try not to use meaningless jingo-istic cliches when answering. Also more Terroristic threats won't be accepted as proof of your good intentions.

If you have read this far, Thank You for doing that at least.
Good citizenship more often than not means disobeying the government.

Answer 3

That is a sweet poem. My Grandpa was a paratrooper in World War 2 (he passed away 3 years ago) and I remember some of the stories he told me of everything that he had to go through. He was captured, but he was lucky enough to escape, and when he finally made it back to camp, the guard on duty almost shot him, because he thought that my Grandpa was from the enemy lines. That is only a very small part of the horror that he had to endure while there. Of course, my Grandpa would have been a hero in my eyes no matter what, because he meant the world to me. But, knowing what he went through has made my respect for him so much greater.

Answer 4

amazing poem...I like to send the same message every chance I get. I feel that the comment left by Norton N was about as stupid as they get. Everyone has a right to an opinion, but have some common dang sense and don't leave stupid comments like that. Show some patriotism...have some respect or get the hell out. I believe that 12 other people who have previously commented would agree.
God Bless America and God Bless our Veterans

Answer 5

i've got not been out immediately. yet I did deliver a forward to a fellow vet to coach her, she and her husband had not been forgotten. that is an afternoon, whilst many vets visit their community VA hospitals and congregate in lobbies and meet different vets and talk approximately their extra a snort protection rigidity stories. You never pay attention them talk the circumstances of severe conflict or the shortcoming of acquaintances they served with. They decide directly to ignore the horrors of conflict, or their unwelcomed returns domicile. they prefer to keep in mind the few sturdy circumstances, the place existence became extra style and not oppressing. And that could be a time for them to silently thank that chum who might have positioned his existence in front of theirs to make the purely suited sacrifice. that is an afternoon of remem- bering comradeships and names and faces, of an until now time of their lives. A time of existence, whilst they locate they have fewer remeniscings, of happy faces and eye-catching smiles. Of a short lived romance, in a a strategies away land. Of a kin member, waiting at domicile. Or sending a 'expensive John' letter. that could be a time whilst little issues come back to concepts, as quickly as forgotten. And that could be a greater 2d, whilst their concepts turn to the justifications they have been the place they have been. and that they might show satisfaction in those motives. And be attentive to they made a distinction, with the help of technique of being the place they have been had to be, in spite of in the event that they considered it to be a small contribution. They observed, they keep in mind, and that they won't in any respect ignore, what it became to be a protection rigidity member of our defense force.

Answer 6

Don't thank me. I lost the last war. ( Vietnam....I served 1969 to 1975...Wasted years) As far as a combat vet just remember this. A combat vet is in combat because he got a low score. High score!! You flew planes. That doesn't mean he is a bad guy. Most are outstanding but after they get out they are mad at the world because they were not in the rear with the gear. However, I will always salute a combat vet mentally....Those poor guys really got messed over. But that's the USA way.

Answer 7

I'm a former USMC spouse. One of my best friends served 3 tours in Nam. One neighbor is in the Army, one is in the Navy. Two cousins are in the Air Force. I thank God for all of them every day.

I have lost touch with the Marines I was honored to know when I was married, but I still pray for their continued safety. They are good men who have sacrificed things that civilians take for granted. Civilians cannot, and hopefully never have to, understand what it means to be part of the military family.

Every veteran I see gets a sincere thank you from me and also from my four year old daughter, who tells them that her daddy was a Marine and she wishes that he still was. It's really cute.

Answer 8

I never have thanked a Vet. But I certainly will for now on. I see the Vets in wheel chairs, walking wtih crutches with missing legs, feet...... And they are always upbeat in spirit.
The next time I am at Walter Reed I will say thank you and give them a hug.

Answer 9

My husband was in the military 10 years-army aviation- and these guys (girls too) don't really need for anyone to thank them. They serve for love, for honor, for country, for family, for commrades, for themselves and not for any special acknowledgement or even a thanks. It is their choice to serve just like it is anyone's choice to have any career. Most will tell you, "We're just doing our job sir (or ma'm)" Still, thanks for your post. Even if it embarasses them a little, they do deserve to be thanked. Also, thank you for remembering the spouses, the children and the families who never chose to "serve" but who always seem to find the strength and pride to "serve" alongside their beloved soldier. They are the ones who are left behind wondering what their loved ones are going through and if they will ever see alive them again. They didn't chose to love a soldier, they didn't take an oath or sign their name on a dotted line and yet there they are. From first hand experience I can tell you that that is one of the hardest and loneliest job in the world. Thanks and God Bless.

Answer 10

i have thank a few the greatest ones i have thanked were Paul W Tibbets pilot of the Enola Gay ,Theodore J Van Kirk navigator Enola Gay ,Morris R Jeppson weapon test officer Enola Gay ,Don Albury co pilot"the Great Artist"over Hiroshima and Bockscar Nagasaki, David Lee"Tex" Hill from the flying tigers, cpl.Forrest Guth from E company 506th PIR 101st airborne division WW2 and Cox Michael Nicholas Kuryla jr survivor of the U.S.S Indianapolis sinking but all combat vets are heroes to me

Answer 11

Great poem , as a vet myself I see many who deserve our thanks at the local veterans hospital when I go for treatment. I always have a kind word for them , a great many were not as lucky as I and I see it all the time. It's an eye opening experience for those who haven't seen just how much some of those guys and ladies have given for their country.