Veterans Day

Joe Wicked · #1 (**permalink**) 11-12-2007, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by rdorman

OK, so it is the day after but Veterans have been on my mind (I enlisted in the Army Artillery "Play anything! Just play loud OK?!").

When ever I start feeling sad or sorry, or worse, feeling like it was a needless loss, for the men and women who have died for this country, a qoute keeps coming back to me and it helps me feel proud for those who came before and thankful they existed. So instead I celebrate them, not mourn them. I think Patton said it:

"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men ever lived"

One of my favorite quotes as well. I am not sure who said it though. Just those words stick with me.

I served 6 1/2 years as an Electronic Tech on a nuclear submarine. Those that know me, will say, "That explains a lot".

btw, nice Good Morning Vietnam reference there.

rdorman · #2 (**permalink**) 11-12-2007, 11:16 AM

You picked up on that did you! Nuclear tech on a sub... do you glow in the dark?

CobraEd · #3 (**permalink**) 11-12-2007, 11:23 AM

We Should Never Forget Those Who Gave Up Their Tomorrows So That We Could Have Our Todays

"Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends"

John 15:13

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Joe Wicked · #4 (**permalink**) 11-12-2007, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by rdorman

You picked up on that did you! Nuclear tech on a sub... do you glow in the dark?

Not a nuke, just a regular Electronics tech. And yes, that is one of my favorite movies. I have seen it so many times that I no longer pick up on anything I previously missed, but I still laugh. Robin was at his greatest when he made that movie.

rdorman · #5 (**permalink**) 11-12-2007, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe Wicked

Not a nuke, just a regular Electronics tech. And yes, that is one of my favorite movies. I have seen it so many times that I no longer pick up on anything I previously missed, but I still laugh. Robin was at his greatest when he made that movie.

Really funny movie! Sad to. So you where the guy under the radio acting as a bridge?

Joe Wicked · #6 (**permalink**) 11-12-2007, 02:21 PM

yes, even though Down periscope was not the most accurate movie.

rdorman · #7 (**permalink**) 11-12-2007, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe Wicked

yes, even though Down periscope was not the most accurate movie.

yeah, but you saw it! Umm, me to

Ron61 · #8 (**permalink**) 11-13-2007, 03:17 AM

I watched a show yesterday where they had some of the vets back on Wake Island. One of them said he saw the movie and he guessed the person that played the hero was a good actor but the movie was so far off of what actually happened he wouldn't watch it again. But then most of the Hollywood versions are more glamor than fact. I believe one of the guys who was in the pacific Campaign said that his Grandson asked him he was a hero and he told him No, I wasn't a hero but I was with many heroes. When you go to one of the islands and see the left over carnage even after all these years, it really gives you a feeling of owing more to those who fought there than you could ever repay in any way. I may not believe in all the wars, but I will always support this country and the vets to the best of my ability.

Ron

Joe Wicked · #9 (**permalink**) 11-13-2007, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by rdorman

yeah, but you saw it! Umm, me to

Yes. Still like the shrunken uniform scene the best.