Remembering those who gave

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Hello fellow FABO members,
On this special day please take one moment to honor and remember the men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice while serving in the military regardless of there race, religion, or orientation.
They gave so much.
Happy Mopar:)
Arron
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Photo. Calverton National Cemetery 05/26/19
 
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All of our members need to raise a glass of their favorite beverage to our fall brethren today.
 
Amazing how easy it is for all us to sometimes forget the true meaning of most holidays.

OK so there are some observed holidays that are the exception and may not need total observing..
 
I always think of my uncle who I shared a room with growing up in the 1950's. He was a tail gunner in a B29 .He traveled a lot for work and would never fly.When I was around 10 I asked him why and he told me he saw too many of his friends go down into the drink . I can't even begin to imagine how brave he was sitting in a glass bubble shooting a 50 cal machine gun at some Jap who was trying to blast him out of the sky. He never married,had no real friends,just worked and came home. That is the sacrifice these guys made for us.
 
God Bless all those who fought and died to preserve Freedom. I shall never forget the price that was paid by these Brave Men.
 
valiantwagonguy said:
I always think of my uncle who I shared a room with growing up in the 1950's. He was a tail gunner in a B29 .He traveled a lot for work and would never fly.When I was around 10 I asked him why and he told me he saw too many of his friends go down into the drink . I can't even begin to imagine how brave he was sitting in a glass bubble shooting a 50 cal machine gun at some Jap who was trying to blast him out of the sky. He never married,had no real friends,just worked and came home. That is the sacrifice these guys made for us.
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Sounds somewhat like my dad. He was in the USMC Aviation corp. He only spoke of WW11 3 times to me. He showed me pics of a few islands they wre stationed at in the Pacific campaign. They flew the B29 also but with no guns, cameras for recon, but with fighter escorts. After the service he never could set foot on any plane. He returned home after he had 1 tour in Korea. He left the Corp in 55 when I was 7 yrs old, and 1 year later had a bad breakdown, PSFT or what ever it is now called now, but bad. He pulled out of it after electric shock treatments. I remember as a child then him walking the floor all night, many nights. I remember my mother and me sitting in that doctor's office at age 7 and hearing the doc explain that if my dad did totally flip out, he would kill those he loved the most. I am 71, I remember that day like yesterday. Thank God Almighty he healed.
So many scares are invisible.
 
All great guys.
I have an uncle who forged his parents signature and joined at 16 years old. He and his buddy both went to recruitment centers in NYC after hearing of the Pearl Harbor attack in High School. The line for the Marines was too long so he went on the Navy line and wound up in the Pacific theater on a Submarine.
Fortunately, he fared well and raised a family. He still tells the stories today.
God Bless them all.
 
I spent 10 years working at a Veteran's home.. some of the stories I've heard are absolutely horrifying, and some of astounding bravery.
I had 3 uncles that were pretty busy on June 6 of '44... two jumped out of perfectly good airplanes, and one sloshed his way to a beach. My Pa was a tanker in the Phillipines... none of these guys ever talked war stories. Seemed from working at the vet's home those years, the guys that never talked saw some stuff that was even more horrifying than the guys that did talk.
I never served.. but I never have, and never will, forget that there were many that gave the ultimate sacrifice, so I could have that luxury.
 
little town in Georgia where I live, this isn't all of those that gave all !
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