Veterans Day

November

It’s great to see so many local events planned for tomorrow as the nation observes Veterans Day.Â I hope most of you have the day off and can make it to whatever ceremony takes place in your town. If you have to work, at least spend a minute or two remembering your time in the military, whenever you might have served.

I remember that when I was discharged one of the sergeants handling my out processing told me that no matter what I did with the rest of my life, I should be proud that I answered our country’s call and did my bit for Uncle Sam. It sounded pretty corny at the time, but as the years of gone by I’ve thought about my days as a “cold warrior’’ more than I ever thought I would. I’ve kept in touch with a few old buddies and we laugh about our days in the Army’s “green machine.’’

When I first started working here, there were still a few World War I veterans around and I had the chance to do stories about them. In the 23 years since, I’ve met and written stories about hundreds of veterans and I can’t remember one that I didn’t enjoy. It’s great to swap stories about the military with men and women who actually understand what you’re talking about. What I’ve learned is that no matter when you served, or whether it was during war or peace, you share at least a small bond with everyone else who has ever sweated their way through basic training and worn a uniform.

Here’s hoping we all enjoy the bond tomorrow.

And by the way, happy birthday Marines!

This entry was posted on Monday, November 10th, 2008 at 4:15 pm by Rich Liebson. |

One Response to “Veterans Day”

joseph s cohen November 10th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Rich hello again joe Im happy you wrote this article given just respect to all veterans past and present. In order to again keep the honor what all veterans did we need to be on the ball when it comes to working with our elected officals with the new president as well to help fix the veterans administration system Mr president elect obama has made a statment that he will do all in his power to help staighten out the present mess at the va. What we all veterans and none veterans can do is keep the pressure up on our goverment officals to see that this done regards joe cohen

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