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Veterans Day - 2007 This entry was posted on 11/12/2007 12:21 AM and is filed under Heroes,veterans,ACVOW,Politicians,Iraq,Warrior,Gold Star. As the Veterans Day week-end draws to a close, I have had the good fortune to have talked with or emailed heroes from World War II through the Iraqi War. There have been Medal of Honor, Silver Stars, Navy Crosses, and Distinguished Flying Crosses to mention only a few. There have been many Purple Hearts and other distinguished medals. There has been a Gold Star Mom, Debbie Lee, who is the mother of the first Seal killed in Iraq. All the veterans and their families I have met are heroes in one way or another. They have given so that this country can be strong.
I could not go through this blog without mentioning the USMC birthday which was celebrated on Saturday by a branch of service that should be held in high regard by all and have paid a bloody price many times as have our other branches. A best friend of mine was a member of the 1-9 (The Walking Dead) and to this day is still paying the price but devotes his life to helping combat veterans of war though his organization ACVOW (American Combat Veterans of War) and a new off-shoot of ACVOW called the Safe Warrior Program. Visit www.acvow.org for more information. It is going to take the veterans in this country to reach out and help our Iraqi Warriors coming home. We need to help the families and the children of these heroes readjust to life. The Viet Nam veterans (of which I am one) were left without that assistance and we have the statistics to prove it. For the 58,000 plus that died on the wall, another 60,000 committed suicide. We had another 200,000 plus put in jail because PTSD and other symptoms were not recognized or treated by our government due to financial cost and veterans being put on the shelf after a war. After all, out of sight, out of mind. Now our Brothers-in-Arms coming back from Iraq need us to help them readjust. Don't stand by and let anything happen to this generation of warriors. It is a matter of HONOR to help them regardless of what the politicians do or say. We must make our government responsible for the war they created. Our nation is at stake and IT IS OUR NATION not the politicians who serve us. They have lied to us enough, make them stand up and be responsible. Veterans everywhere must stick together, because together we can make anything happen. CommentsDisplay comments as (Linear | Threaded)
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