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Old 11 November 2013, 06:55 PM   #1
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Veterans Day!

Thanks to all the veterans out there!

Have a great day.

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Old 11 November 2013, 08:12 PM   #2
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To all Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines, this is for you.

Sang by a member of the Royal Marines (Ellie Red), it's well worth couple of minutes of anyones life for a listen, absolutely beautiful and will hit home for any ex or serving service person.

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Old 11 November 2013, 08:47 PM   #3
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Thank you for your service!
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Old 11 November 2013, 08:52 PM   #4
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Thanks to all the veterans out there as well for your sacrifices! Nothing but respect and honor is deserved!!
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Old 11 November 2013, 08:59 PM   #5
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Thanks to all the veterans out there as well for your sacrifices! Nothing but respect and honor is deserved!!
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Old 11 November 2013, 10:08 PM   #6
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Thanks to all the veterans out there as well for your sacrifices! Nothing but respect and honor is deserved!!
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Old 11 November 2013, 10:10 PM   #7
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Old 11 November 2013, 11:42 PM   #8
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To all our veterans - Thanks for your service!
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Old 12 November 2013, 12:00 AM   #9
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Thanks to all the veterans for their service =)
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Old 12 November 2013, 12:56 AM   #10
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Old 12 November 2013, 12:56 AM   #11
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Old 12 November 2013, 12:58 AM   #12
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Thanks to all vets - here and abroad.

And to the original celebrants for Armistice Day...

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Old 12 November 2013, 01:19 AM   #13
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Old 12 November 2013, 03:11 AM   #14
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To my fellow veterans, thank you for your service.
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Old 12 November 2013, 03:47 AM   #15
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To my fellow veterans, thank you for your service. I am proud of my four years in the Air Force as I am of my father and brother who also served. To those on active duty, thank you.
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Old 12 November 2013, 03:49 AM   #16
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Thank you all Veterans.. With out you, we wouldnt be where we are today..
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Old 12 November 2013, 04:13 AM   #17
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Old 12 November 2013, 04:34 AM   #18
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And in Belgium

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Old 12 November 2013, 04:38 AM   #19
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Old 12 November 2013, 04:56 AM   #20
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To us and those like us. Happy Veterans Day! I am reminded of William Shakespeare's Saint Crisen's Day Speech. Indeed a great one.

St. Crispen's Day Speech
William Shakespeare, 1599
Enter the KING
WESTMORELAND. O that we now had here
But one ten thousand of those men in England
That do no work to-day!

KING. What's he that wishes so?
My cousin Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin;
If we are mark'd to die, we are enow
To do our country loss; and if to live,
The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,
Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;
It yearns me not if men my garments wear;
Such outward things dwell not in my desires.
But if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive.
No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England.
God's peace! I would not lose so great an honour
As one man more methinks would share from me
For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more!
Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host,
That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart; his passport shall be made,
And crowns for convoy put into his purse;
We would not die in that man's company
That fears his fellowship to die with us.
This day is call'd the feast of Crispian.
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam'd,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say 'To-morrow is Saint Crispian.'
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,
And say 'These wounds I had on Crispian's day.'
Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember, with advantages,
What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household words-
Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter,
Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester-
Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb'red.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
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Old 12 November 2013, 04:59 AM   #21
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Thank you Grady!

Much thanks to those who served, past and present. I am eternally grateful.
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Old 12 November 2013, 05:01 AM   #22
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Thank you for keeping us safe and thank you for the huge sacrafices that you and your families have made to make that possible.
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Old 12 November 2013, 06:33 AM   #23
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Thank you, to our veterans.

I am wearing red, white and blue today!
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Old 12 November 2013, 07:33 AM   #24
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Thank you to all of our Veteran's, God be with you!!
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Old 12 November 2013, 09:02 PM   #25
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Thank you for your service, and thank you for your sacrifice.
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