I salute both of you! If you'll indulge me I will give a shout out to my son Scott SSgt USAF Security Forces, San Antonio Texas. McGuire AFB, NJ. Operation Desert Shield, Prince Sultan AFB Saudi Arabia (2 years ), Ramstein AFB Germany, Joint Training Mission on assignment Tirana, Albania. (1999-2010)
:wink: shout out to my dad at the age of 18 was drafted sent to england 3 weeks later he was a member of the Fourth Army Air corp( changed to Air force in 1944) he was stationed in England until the end of the war in 1945 He was a weatherman on the planes. during the war something he never talks about
Shout out to my Dad, Ensign Stanley J. Ryckman, US NAVY, WWII vet. Commander of LCT-82, Eniwetok Atoll, South Pacific. I had him here at Arlington Cemetery today to watch the Veteran's Day Ceremony, then we went with our Sons of Amvets group and he laid our wreath at the WWII memorial. We also had vets lay wreaths at the Viet Nam Wall and Korean Memorial. Dad was our only WWII vet but we had 2 Korean and 3 Viet Nam vets. On the way home Sunday we are stopping at the Flight 93 Memorial in Pennsylvania and laying a wreath there. Most of them weren't Vets but they didn't hesitate and struck a blow.
My grandfather, Fritz Fresonke, was in the Navy stationed in Hawaii. My uncle, Robert Kimmell, was in the Air Force I think in Thailand and Great Falls, MT. My uncle, Ronald Kimmell, was in the Air Force stationed overseas, I think in Asia. My grandfather, James Kimmell, I think was in the Navy stationed in Europe. I have no service time, but to all our service members, past-present-future, thank you.
POST!! "You ever pull another stunt like that, the only thing that will beat you to the Brig is the headlights of the ambulance you're riding on".... A.J. "Nitro" Martin Chief Warrant Officer, United States Marine Corps (Ret) Semper Fidelis Semper Fi, do or Die....take that hill...kill, kill kill....
Thanks, guys...it's a pretty moving trip. My knee is killing me and gonna spend the free day (today) sitting and watching football.