Tomorrow is November 11th, Veterans Day. The day we give thanks to all those who have worn the uniform of the Armed Services of the United States of America. Unfortunately, the day has been commercialized and everyone thinks about the free food from places such as Golden Coral.
Tomorrow is the day we thank and remember our fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, grandparents and great grandparents who fought for our nation in places such at the trenches of WW1, Iwo Jima, and the Marshalls in WW2, Inchon and the Pusan Perimeter in Korea, Khe Sanh and Da Nang in Vietnam, Kafji and 73 Easting during the Gulf War, and multiple nations and places during the War on Terror.
Veterans who came home, were the lucky ones, they wrote a black check to the nation knowing their service was up to and including their loss of life. The real Heroes did not come home. Veterans like myself, don’t like being constantly “thanked for our service”, it seems hollow, when we know the cost of being a Veteran.
I am sorry this post is so somber, but this is a somber day, a day when veterans remember to tough times, and we are thankful that we are still alive.
To all my fellow Veterans, I thank you for your service, and I salute you.
Jon Tessler
US Navy 1984-1993
Thank you to Tom Stiglich for the cartoon
