Veterans Day

Thanks to all my comrades on this special day for serving your country .

 

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I'll echo this sentiment!

 

Me too. My Dad, Viet Nam vet, passed away in 2018. RIP

 

Thank you to all you "ancient" guys who served before me Looking forward to joining your ranks soon.
And since this is the ancients section, I will post an appropriate coin.

Aurelian
274-275 AD
Antoninianus
Obverse: IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right
Reverse: CONCORDIA MILITVM, Aurelian and Concordia facing and clasping hands, S between. Mintmark XXI

 

100 years ago, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month the guns of WW1 fell silent. We have celebrated veterans day on that day since that time. I am grateful to all who served. You have my deepest respect.
My papa is a retired Chief in the USAF and I couldn't be more proud!

 

My Dad was C.O. of this LST (Landing ship, tank) the U.S.S. Madera County in Viet Nam mostly operating on the Mekong. The ship was commissioned in 1944 just in time for D-Day.



Dad (on left) with Joe Dimaggio, in 1969.

 

Thank you to those with kind words. I always feel weird when people know I am a war vet saying thank you. To me, it was just the Gulf War. The real heroes in my eyes are men like my uncle Frank Pontisso. He passed away last December, one of the very last veterans of Iwo Jima alive. After island hopping with his squad for 2 years throughout the Pacific, none of them getting hurt, all were dead and my uncle lost his right arm within 10 minutes of landing on Iwo Jima. There will never be another generation like that, but hopefully that is the last war like that.

 

My dad, WWII

Me in Vietnam

 

No one in my family was ever in the military (health reasons). But I am grateful to all those who have served. Thank you for your service!

 

Bing & Al, comrades in arms, Viet Nam. My photo was taken in Pleiku, June 1967.

 

My grandfather was a photographer in the Signal Corps in the Pacific during WW2, while my father served with the Green Berets in Vietnam.

Here's my grandfather in Japan right after the war ended.


Below are some shots taken by my grandfather during the war. Note that he was a professional photographer before the war. Some of these may be familiar because they were published, but they're all his shots.

Here's an American POW right after he was liberated in the Philippines.


General MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito


The end of WW2


Aftermath of the first atomic bombs

 

My old SAC outfit.

 

Free food at Denny's. lol

 

Thanks to all of you that have served our country. You may not have been in the military, but there were many that served in many different ways.
My father served in a Navy submarine as a corpsman in the South Pacific. After WWII, he served in the Army in Korea and later Vietnam. My brother served in the Navy of the coast Vietnam. I was in the 82nd 3rd Brigade during Vietnam. Luckily, due to the Sullivan Act, I was exempt from combat because my father and brother were in Vietnam.

 

I was in Camau IV Corps in the Delta as part of a three man Phoenix team 1969. Ate my fair share of John Wayne bars.

 

This We’ll Defend
Semper Fidelis
Semper Fortis
Aim High … Fly-Fight-Win”
Semper Paratus
Regards and Respect to all.

 

Me Vietnam 1968-69

 

My sad but honorable pleasure to have served. To those we lost, to all those that served, and to all those that soon will. Remember, land, air, or sea. God is our co-pilot. Until we meet again!

 

11/11/11 oh raw 462 screw crew. usmc

 

Great post, @Al Kowsky !

Thanks to all Veterans!

My Dad served in World War II, both of my grandfathers served in WWI, and five of my great great grandfathers fought in the American Civil War. My grandmother was a nurse in a veteran’s hospital.