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  1. Your welcome, and Thank you Gordon for your service no matter how short at least you put the uniform on…

  2. Thank you to all veterans and active duty personnel for their service and sacrifices. Thank you to their families for their sacrifices as well. Thank you Gordon for your service and to Ilona and Kids 1& 2 as well.

  3. Hi- I had to look up Wikipedia for this one, but it turns out it began the same holiday as the British Armistice day I know, so I offer the traditional hope that may we all know world peace in our generation.
    (I now live in a country where today is more likely to be celebrated as Martinmas, after St Martin the practically charitable soldier, so happy Martinstag for anyone else from this part of the world.)

  17. I wish to say thank you to all who have fought and still fight for our freedom. I am am very surprised at the lack of coverage in the US for this very special anniversary. I am on holiday here in Florida and have asked about where there are services for the public to attend in this area and have meet with blank looks and got told nothing was happening in this area. I can’t believe that’s true but in any case we observed the two minutes silence. Not all people in the UK observed or believed in observing it so please do not think that we are pointing fingers at our friends in the US , we were just surprised as most villages, towns and cities in the UK had services of some kind , but as I said not all agreed and not nearly enough people attended them.
    May God bless all those that have served and mare serving our country’s

      • Some had them Friday as well. It was the only way my father could ride in the parade as he was heading on vacation early Sat. morning.

    • Fort Worth had a huge parade yesterday. Dallas was going to have one tomorrow but had to cancel due to possible bad weather. One thing I’ve learned living in Fort Worth is that all military is honored no matter what day it is.

      The US has a federal observed Veteran’s Day tomorrow even though today is the actual day.

      • It all depends on location. I lived in Ft Myers and Lehigh Acres, and the day is honored. It’s a big deal in Texas which I appreciate. My grandfathers, uncles and cousins all served, and I honor all who have served and are serving to keep us safe.

  18. The husband says your welcome and thank you too Gordon as well. Hope you guys are enjoying the weekend. It’s also my youngest birthday, he turned 5 today. Because he was already late we got to chose between the Marine Corps birthday (10th) or Veterans Day (11th), to have him. Hubby being a Marine flipped a coin and we had him on Veteran’s Day.

  21. Poppies on the railings outside Winchester Cathedral. We attended the armistice service there this morning, including laying wreaths and the two minute silence. Very moving

  22. There is a song by Lorena Mckennitt called Breaking of the Sword that was made into an RCAF video that perfectly represents Veteran’s Day. I found it on You Tube.

  23. On behalf of my father, my uncles, and my brother-in-law, thank you for your appreciation. And Gordon, thank you for your service.

  26. Thank you to all those who have served and are serving . Thank you Gordon , and thank you to all the families who give up so much so their loved ones can serve and sacrifice everything to maintain the peace .

  28. On behalf of my brother (still serving in the Army) and late dad (Air Force), you’re welcome. Gordon thank you for your service.

    Also, thank you to all military personnel and all family supporting them. Just as we all need the military to keep our freedom, the military members need family (whether immediate or community or both) to support them.

  29. You’re Welcome! Thank you Gordon and to everyone who has served.
    Thanks also to all the families who have to stay behind and wait for there
    loved ones to return.

  31. Thank you Ilona and Gordon for placing this remembrance on your blog.
    For Gordon,
    For others in America,
    For my family members serving past and present.

    Thank you for your service!!!!!

  32. Ha! Those boots….left a pair sitting in camp over there. Granted I was Air Force, so I didn’t need’em so bad but gotta say I definately had boot envy for the Army boots. Those Army guys, they hung pretty tough, though, keeping the peace by day and occasionally getting mortared at night. And then they kept getting extended cuz at 1st no one could decide how long we all were gonna be in Iraq. So THAT was a real morale killer — everytime they said, oh wait we didn’t mean Oct, we meant Nov, no wait Dec, well all right probly not til next yr. By comparison I only got extended once, which did not suck nearly so hard. Yeah we liked to give’em crap, but gotta give credit where its due–those soldiers sucked it up & soldiered on, my hat’s off (still) to 4 ID and the 173rd.

  33. Thank you for your service. May we get closer to a world that needs very little policing-in our lifetime.

  34. Thank you. I’m an army wife, 16 years and still going, most of that time I’ve work for the militaryas a doctor specialising in Rehabilitation. Never forget.

  35. Thank you Gordon for your service. Thank you Ilona and family for your support.
    Thank you to all the military out there, and to their families for all you have done for all of us. ????❣

  36. Thank you for your service. Me and my husband were both Navy. I loved it and still to this day miss it.

  37. My wife wrote this poem today on her Facebook: feel free to take it down if you don’t think it’s appropriate for here …

    Sometimes when you are lost for words the only thing to do is write.

    NOT MAKING IT
    They walked, fell and crawled in mud
    So far from home even the sky was alien
    There were times they crawled over the bloody
    Shells of their friends
    Sharing whatever was left with those still living
    Young men, strong men, men who had everything to live for
    Their lives torn away for what they believed was a greater good
    Leaving behind the mothers who had stayed awake at night when they were sick
    Held their hands as they took their first steps
    Waited at the school gates
    Now waiting for news
    Hoping beyond hope they would make it.
    The cemeteries in France are full of those who didn’t make it
    Often didn’t make it to their coming of age even
    Didn’t make it home – to mothers. sisters, sweethearts.
    And the leader of the ‘free world’ couldn’t make it either
    Couldn’t get to the cemetery because of the rain
    Not the gunfire, not even any mud, just the rain
    The man the people are supposed to look up to
    Looked away
    Looked at the rain
    Stayed away.

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