tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post3824210363032484242..comments2024-03-28T08:06:23.620-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Why We Serve(d)Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-36405086235861050512008-03-27T21:54:00.000-05:002008-03-27T21:54:00.000-05:00My experience may be atypical, but my experience w...My experience may be atypical, but my experience with people who served is people like you, Lawdog, Son Tao, and John Shirley. John put a lot of his life on hold to join up, and it's only now getting back on track.<BR/><BR/>Son Tao took a huge pay cut and left behind his fancy Mustang, his fancy guns, and a pretty flash lifestyle to go hump all over Korea, the Middle East and the Philippines--and that was after he'd served his time already.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824445546892392815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-4953730247905564592008-03-26T12:42:00.000-05:002008-03-26T12:42:00.000-05:00I lost a Uncle in World War II.I have a Uncle dyin...I lost a Uncle in World War II.<BR/>I have a Uncle dying from radation<BR/>poisoning.They served due to a love for this country.It is something the left will never understand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-15236898317906028762008-03-26T08:09:00.000-05:002008-03-26T08:09:00.000-05:00Thank you!I'm the proud daughter of a career Navy ...Thank you!<BR/><BR/>I'm the proud daughter of a career Navy man: a Master Chief Torpedoman who served on six submarines in the course of 32-years in the service. He joined literally on his 17th birthday in September 1946: not for some 'social benefits' but because he perceived it to be his DUTY, as well as an honor.<BR/><BR/>And though I was (for medical resons) unable to serve myself, I am proud to be the aunt of both an Army Captain (Airborne, home now from Afghanistan) and a Marine MSgt. (currently in Iraq), both of whom joined for the same reasons as thier grandfather: Honor, Duty, Patriotism, and all those other old-fashioned virtues.<BR/><BR/>-Proud to be a former Navy bratAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-45734624823283411902008-03-26T04:11:00.000-05:002008-03-26T04:11:00.000-05:00Well done, Peter: a home run with bases loaded.I a...Well done, Peter: a home run with bases loaded.<BR/><BR/>I am in daily contact with lower- and mid-grade officers and enlisted people--most veterans of combat now--from all the services. To the last, they impress the Hell out of me. They're a cut above me and my fellow Vietnam veterans. God bless them.<BR/><BR/>TCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-65521494232647061732008-03-26T00:52:00.000-05:002008-03-26T00:52:00.000-05:00Well said, Peter.I lost too many of my family in W...Well said, Peter.<BR/><BR/>I lost too many of my family in WW II.<BR/><BR/>They did not serve "for benefits"-there were none.<BR/><BR/>They served because they had a moral obligation to do so, and asked nothing in return.<BR/><BR/>The freedom we enjoy today was bought in blood, one shattered body at a time. One of my uncles-an RCAF aircraft mechanic-had to hose down the interiors of badly shot up Lancs in England before he could get to work making them airworthy again.<BR/><BR/>And it wasn't just spent shell casings that he flushed.<BR/><BR/>Lest we forget.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com