Happy Veteran's Day!

Thinking of and remembering, with respect and gratitude, those who have served and are serving our Country...This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

~ Elmer Davis

As we express our gratitude,

we must never forget

that the highest appreciation is not to utter words,

but to live by them.

~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy

YOU CAN'T TELL A VET JUST BY LOOKING

~ He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi Arabia sweating two gallons a day making sure the armored personnel carrier didn't run out of fuel.

~ He is the bar room loudmouth whose behavior is outweighed in the cosmic scales by four hours of unparalleled bravery near the 38th Parallel in Korea.

~ She is the nurse who fought against futility in Da Nang and went to sleep sobbing every night for two years.

~ He is the POW who left one person and came back another.

~ He is the drill instructor who has never been in combat, but has saved countless lives by

turning no-accounts into Marines.

~ He is the parade-riding legionnaire who pins on his ribbons and medals with a

prosthetic hand.

~ He is the white-haired guy bagging groceries at the supermarket, aggravatingly slow,

who helped liberate a Nazi death camp.

~ He is a soldier and a savior and a sword

against the darkness, and nothing more than the finest, greatest testimony on behalf of the finest, greatest nation ever known.

~ We will never be able to repay the debt of gratitude we owe.

~Author Unknown