Happy Veterans Day OT

[1940plymouth]

United States Air Force

 

Electrical Power Production Specialist.

 

Dec 1968 to Dec 1972

[Don Coatney]

Worth the watch.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2L3skZ7FEw

[Plymouthy Adams]

Hanoi Taxi...not sure how many folks know of this proud bird..now retired..this is of her last flight into Charleston SC...plenty to read about here...   https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AshAqCREDMd2bJF1t_RyWEebvZx4?fr=yfp-t-901-s&toggle=1&fp=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&p=hanoi%20taxi%20c-141

 

and a rare shot of me working..I had just powered up a C17 for some ops checks..

Edited November 11, 2014 by Plymouthy Adams

[ggdad1951]

thanks to all past and present!

[mattimuss]

From one Vet to another, thanks to all who served...

 

And a special thanks to all who supported us while we served!

 

USAF - TSgt.

1984-1995

3 trips to the "Sandbox" and 1 to Somalia

[Dan Hiebert]

Hanoi Taxi...not sure how many folks know of this proud bird..now retired..this is of her last flight into Charleston SC...plenty to read about here...   https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AshAqCREDMd2bJF1t_RyWEebvZx4?fr=yfp-t-901-s&toggle=1&fp=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&p=hanoi%20taxi%20c-141

 

and a rare shot of me working..I had just powered up a C17 for some ops checks..

Drat!  makes me feel "old" (ish)    .  The C-141 was the "it" plane even after it had been in service for 20 years when I was in the Army.  Jumped out of quite a few of them, and even flew to Bolivia in one for a Border Patrol special ops assignment in '94.  Didn't realize they had been retired.  Great story, thanks for posting. 

[Ulu]

Not me, but my dad was a lifer.

 

 

[Don Coatney]

Once again time to remember all Veterans

 

Just remember no combat ready unit has ever passed inspection.

[casper50]

Also happy birthday to us Marines past, present and future.

[Plymouthy Adams]

this cup of hot coffee is hoisted in honor of all veterans...salute !

Edited November 10, 2015 by Plymouthy Adams

[P15-D24]

I would like to do a call out for my dad, WWII and Korea Army Medical, who turns 94 on Thursday!

[Retread]

Don thank you for the posting,

J madden

U.S. Army

65/69

O5 D 20

Security agency (spook)

[1940plymouth]

70 years ago this year my Dad left for Japan to become part of the "Army of Occupation"

[casper50]

Hey retread did they same job just 9 years later for the corp.  

[Plymouthy Adams]

so..............how many of we veterans were ASA...??  Austinsailor (Gene) and I were ASA also...we were in Augsburg at the same time...but..we did not know if we ever actually met...probably saw each other in passing..same big boss..but different ends of the complex..

[Retread]

Did a tour on a little island in the Yellow Sea off North Korea and a diet in geibelstadt out of Herzo.

[RodFru2u]

 Happy Veteran's all  &  Semper Fi  to all my Leather Neck Brothers.

[casper50]

Plymouthy I did a tour in Augsburg, Edzell, 2 in Harrogate, one in Alice Springs and a few in the states.

[Todd B]

Thanks for our freedom vets.  I have a flag flying every day and I guarantee it is the right side up..

[Ulu]

My thanks, and congratulations to all those who served.

 

My dad did a tour in WW-II. Here he's with his Navy buddies at the amusement park.

 

 

He was wounded on a supply mission & spent 6 mos on a hospital ship before he mustered out.

They never gave him a purple heart because he was wounded by one of our own guys. (Crane operator dropped a load.)

 

I was just 1 year old when the USAF stuck Dad on this thing out in the ocean.

Texas tower #2:

 

 

He came home OK, but the 40 guys on tower #4 are still on the bottom of the sea.

 

When dad came home from Vietnam, he bought a rifle and a pistol and taught me to shoot.

See, he expected that I'd wind up a vet as well, but that never happened. I turned 18 in college, and the draft ended that same summer.

 

I was too old, once the gulf wars started, and so to those who went, thank you and bless you all.

 

 

[Don Coatney]

Tomorrow is Veterans Day. Time to bring this thread back to the top.

[Plymouthy Adams]

S A L U T E ...to each and all that served...!     USAFR retired...

[Todd B]

Big Thank You to all who have served to give me my freedom!!!!!!!!!! God Bless America!

[Ulu]

My thanks to all of you guys and gals who served our country.

I drug these out of my desk, in an old fruitcake tin where they have lived as long as I can remember, because these are things I want to remember.

These were my dad's, except for the stained patch of the 381st SMW. Not sure where I got that one.

Dad wore the ADC patch from the mid- 60's onward. SAC before '64 though.

The catholic stuff was Dad's, the Baptist stuff was Mom's

The folding screwdriver reads "Go Airforce".

Mom had scouts (boy and girl) in our home, and the scout pins belonged to Mom and my sister.

There's a tiny pin (upside down in the pic) which reads "21". No clue what that's about.

 

[rb1949]

Good post to update. Thanks guys for defending our freedom, and the sorrow to those who gave all. Young people today should be jumping on the opportunity to enlist. And yes I do partake, offering thanks to the multitude of participating restaurants that offer military personnel a free meal on this great day.