Veteran's Day in the U.S. - November 11th

We have a large flag in the middle of a square at the entrance of our community. That is a place where all of our community veterans meet and have a ceremony each year. It is organized by our veterans club here. All are invited. The club is very popular and organizes trips and meet ups.

Thank you veterans for your service.
 
Thanks to all those who sacrificed for the USA, especially those that paid the ultimate sacrifice with blood and existence.

Even though I lived within the region considered ground zero for Counterculture, after my HD in 1970, I've never had anyone personally criticize the fact I had been in the military although I was aware of news stories that some pin heads did so. That was more likely against those from the military that were publicly vocally pro war that I was not especially one's that participated in sign holding counter rallies.

Younger generations need to understand that during the early years of the VN War, the majority of Americans and American news media were patriotically for the war so there was plenty of anger against Counterculture youth. My first job after an HD during a period of few tech jobs, was a result of two older engineers at a Palo Alto start-up purposely giving me a chance because I was a returning GI.

It was only later that those anti-war sentiments slowly changed as truth arose showing warmongering early neoconservative politicians complicit in lying to the public for the sake of their communist domino theory that they didn't expect the public to otherwise embrace much like our recent Middle East wars for the sake of Wall Street's big oil.
 
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The vibe I got when I returned from Vietnam was that we were an embarassment to the nation because we lost. The World War Two vets were like the football team that comes home after winning the big championship game. They were greeted by crowds of cheering fans. Us Vietnam vets were like the football team that comes home after losing 63-0 to the worst team in the conference. Nobody was there to meet us except maybe a handful that were looking to throw rotten eggs at us as we got off the bus. But times have changed. Most all of the WW2 vets have died off and it's become more fashionable to be a Vietnam Vet. :)
 
Trade said:
The vibe I got when I returned from Vietnam was that we were an embarassment to the nation because we lost. The World War Two vets were like the football team that comes home after winning the big championship game. They were greeted by crowds of cheering fans. Us Vietnam vets were like the football team that comes home after losing 63-0 to the worst team in the conference. Nobody was there to meet us except maybe a handful that were looking to throw rotten eggs at us as we got off the bus. But times have changed. Most all of the WW2 vets have died off and it's become more fashionable to be a Vietnam Vet. :)
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I've told this story before on SF. Shortly after I came home I let a friend (Korean Vet) talk me into visiting the local VFW club. When we got there, the bar was the only thing open and it was filled with members from the class of 45. One of them told me "we don't want you kids in here. You lost your war."
 
Llynn said:
I've told this story before on SF. Shortly after I came home I let a friend (Korean Vet) talk me into visiting the local VFW club. When we got there, the bar was the only thing open and it was filled with members from the class of 45. One of them told me "we don't want you kids in here. You lost your war."
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It's not your fault since you were fighting an unwinnable war. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were also unwinnable.
 


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