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militarydudes wrote:

My great great uncle was an anti-aircraft gunner on the USS West Virginia in the pacific during WW2, and my great grandpa was an Army engineer, and went to Guadalcanal.    I know a few guys who have been to Iraq, too.

Nice! I think my grandpa was in Korea, but I'll have to ask my dad about that.

My geography teacher is a veteran. 

Last edited by illusionist (2010-11-11 18:23:40)

mathematics wrote:

What is Veteran's Day?

It's an American holiday that celebrates the service of the men (and women) who fought in foreign wars. It's similar to Memorial day.

illusionist wrote:

Me geography teacher is a veteran. 

Excuse me but what is your sig?


...Looks like some fail Google translating.

JeanTheFox wrote:

littletonkslover wrote:

illusionist wrote:

Me geography teacher is a veteran. 

Excuse me but what is your sig?


...Looks like some fail Google translating.

I believe it's Shakespeare code.

YZABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWX is the alphabet, I think.

poison apples ... poison worms ... brush your teeth and kill the germs

in Canada (and all around the world from my memory) we have something today called remembrance day where we honor the veterans who fought for our country as well as the ones who are still fighting!  is that pretty much the same thing as veterans day?

remembrance day has been going on since right after world war 1, back when our military was actually considered a forced to be reckoned with and we lost so many soldiers during the war.  at 11:00 i took two minutes of silence to remember all of the soldiers who died for our freedom.

Last edited by PlayWithFire (2010-11-11 17:58:04)

littletonkslover wrote:

illusionist wrote:

Me geography teacher is a veteran. 

Excuse me but what is your sig?


...Looks like some fail Google translating.

Of course you would say that. 

PlayWithFire wrote:

in Canada (and all around the world from my memory) we have something today called remembrance day where we honor the veterans who fought for our country as well as the ones who are still fighting!  is that pretty much the same thing as veterans day?

remembrance day has been going on since right after world war 1, back when our military was actually considered a forced to be reckoned with and we lost so many soldiers during the war.  at 11:00 i took two minutes of silence to remember all of the soldiers who died for our freedom.

in America we call it Memorial Day    Veterans Day is mostly the same, but I guess those who fought can't get enough tribute.

OK, I just found out that my grandpa actually served in World War II in the Pacific towards the end of the war. Still pretty cool though.

Oh, I forgot. I have a neighbor who was in the 75th Ranger Division, and he survived the battle of Mogadishu (the one from Black Hawk Down). He says he was in the streets for 19 hours before they pulled out. It also happens his father was in the 82nd Airborne, and landed in Normandy on D-Day. In fact, if you've seen the old movie The Longest Day, there's a part where F company lands right in the middle of the town St Mere Eglise, and this guy gets hung up on a bell tower, and a bunch of other guys go into point blank fighting with the Germans. My neighbors father was in that same company, and I think he survived. 

iCode-747 wrote:

Wow.

We don't have a vetereans day in Japan.

I'll change my sig, anywho. 

actually it was two days ago...

My dad was in the Israeli army.