Thread: Lest We Forget

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Originally Posted by canadianal

The sacrifice of the few for the freedom of the many

The one thing that boils my top is the lack of respect the majority of todays younger generation have for the Veterans that fought for thier right to breathe.......we had a few older teen desicrate a Veterans Cemetary yesterday breaking tombstones and flower pots that families had left on thier families graves. My personal opinion is that Both Canada and USA should bring back the military draft. Make it manditory that once you hit 18 years of age.....you must serve your country....... NO IF'S, AND'S, OR BUT'S. Your in for 2-3 year term. Serve your country and then appreciate your freedom.

Originally Posted by RadRidesByDan

The one thing that boils my top is the lack of respect the majority of todays younger generation have for the Veterans that fought for thier right to breathe.......we had a few older teen desicrate a Veterans Cemetary yesterday breaking tombstones and flower pots that families had left on thier families graves. My personal opinion is that Both Canada and USA should bring back the military draft. Make it manditory that once you hit 18 years of age.....you must serve your country....... NO IF'S, AND'S, OR BUT'S. Your in for 2-3 year term. Serve your country and then appreciate your freedom.

Dan you are correct. i certainly have the same opinion which is why i did my time overseas for my country and always have had strong feelings about men in this country who have on overwhelming sense of taking their freedom for granted and speak of things they know nothing about.
I never cared to hear from someone who has a shear disregard for those who have served. It is an important duty to our country that people serve today as they have in the past. it is important to remember those who came before us and those who have sacrificed. One of the biggest lessons I learned from being stationed overseas was how others live world wide. It really gave me and others I served with a much richer respect for what we have here and not to take things for granted.
Don't get me wrong we have had and always will have some sort of issues with politics, government, legal systems and the economy. No society is a perfect Utopia, but if anyone spent any ammount of time in any of these places they'd know that what we have here and with the flaws we have and always will have is nothing compared to what those people have to live in and live with. We have something special, our country has allowed us the freedoms to have success in life, free to say what we want to, free to effect changes in the areas we have flaws and allows us the perks of building cool hot rods.
There is nothing wrong with learning some things from the military you just wont get from any other experience. I still cherish my time in and the people I have met and still keep in contact today. It's a brotherhood instills a certain commradre with one another that is life long.

Among my many assignments for today I was given the important task of going to the grocery store. I take that one very seriously.

For the round trip (maybe a little over two miles) I counted flags flying in front of the the houses I passed.

TWO.

One was in front of my house and the other one was about 300 feet down the street at the home of another old geezer almost as old as I am.

Jim
Navy, 1951-1954