Comments on A Tribute To Our Troops: Vietnam Veterans Tribute 1959-1975

Sharing a Soldier's Prayer YouTube Tribute Sal...

2011-10-19T23:31:06.549-07:00

Sharing a Soldier's Prayer YouTube Tribute Salutes and Honors our U.S. Armed Forces, Veterans and their families. The sacrifices made by each one of you is invaluable. For our Fallen Heroes, know that your ultimate sacrifice was not made in vain. Veterans, you paved the way and we give you Double Salutes! Share a short YouTube Tribute to all that has made life worth living in the U.S.A. and other places too! Enjoy a special acknowledgment for you!

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I am a mother of a Soldier now, God bless us and h...

2011-03-30T08:19:40.731-07:00

I am a mother of a Soldier now, God bless us and help us.

When I was about 24, I walked up to a soldier on t...

2011-03-30T08:18:08.003-07:00

When I was about 24, I walked up to a soldier on the Rutgers campus. I asked him if he had been to Vietnam. He looked away for a second and then back to me and said yes. I said to him, I'm glad your alright. I think that was my version of what the say now, Thank you for your service. What I meant to say was, You served your country. You should be proud. I was too shy. I tried to enlist in the Marines a year or son latter and couldn't, eyesight to bad. Always regretted I hadn't said more.

Thank you all Vietnam Veterans and I'm so prou...

2011-03-12T20:56:45.975-08:00

Thank you all Vietnam Veterans and I'm so proud of you all! You were all young and believed in what you were doing for your country, as our soldiers do today. My husband is a Vietnam Vet n damn proud. It took alot of years for that to happen. When he came home from nam, he was in uniform n stopped to tie his shoe on the side walk. He was approched by police who accused him of being a vagrant w/ no address at the time. Spent time in jail for that. He was a proud soldier at the time n did his time. After that incident, he closed up about his service there n never talked about it to no one, and suffered in silence for many years, becuz people thought he was crazy for even to bring up the time he spent there. It took many years for him to come out n admit, yes, I am a Vietnam Vet! And Damn proud of it!!

We The Unremembered Have Done The Unnecessary For ...

2011-03-12T18:45:45.405-08:00

We The Unremembered
Have Done The Unnecessary
For The Ungrateful

America, thank these soldiers who went to fight fo...

2010-10-09T22:25:31.128-07:00

America, thank these soldiers who went to fight for OUR country, be proud of their efforts and sacrifices.LOVE them, embrace them, talk to them.

Hooah

2010-10-09T16:23:04.349-07:00

Hooah

I am not a veteran, however my husband is a Vietna...

2010-03-24T07:37:00.583-07:00

I am not a veteran, however my husband is a Vietnam veteran and I support all veteran's. I never really understood (as I was young when Vietnam occured) until we went the to Wall fir the first time. It was a struggle for my husband to go tot he panel of his best friend and see his name there. Then I knew. We ride in Run For The Wall in May from Ca to DC to honor all veterans, especially the Vietnam vets. We ride for those who can not. We also ride in the Texas Welcome Home Run (Hwy 83 Vietnam Veterans Highway). I have visited the Vet home in McAllen, Texas and Thanked a veteran for his service and Welcomed him home. Tears ran down his face saying I have never had anyone tell me that before. That is not acceptable! A man in his 60's living in a vet home and no one ever say Welcome Home and thank you before. What a shame it is that YOU the Vietnam Veterans and the Forgotten Korean war Veterans have gone through and have to wait so long for the words of WELCOME HOME and Thank You For Your Service!
I do thank each and everyone of you and I say from the bottom of my heart WELCOME HOME!
Raven-Texas

To Anonymous post March 20, 2010. I am not a veter...

2010-03-21T07:47:35.649-07:00

To Anonymous post March 20, 2010. I am not a veteran. I was and continue to be ashamed of our country and the individuals who treated you all so horribly. So, I would like to as a non-vet, say, "THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU" knowing how inadequate that is for what you all have done for us! Susan Larson-Buckley from Mpls., MN

Out of the many thousands of people I have met and...

2010-03-20T13:22:42.227-07:00

Out of the many thousands of people I have met and interacted with in the last 43 years, very very few of the ones that knew I had served in Vietnam ever said Thank You. Most of the ones that did that did were fellow veterans.

Thanks for posting this and thanks to all my fellow Vietnam veterans for your service to our country.

It won't speak to most, but for those who it d...

2010-03-19T17:52:43.413-07:00

It won't speak to most, but for those who it does, I hope it helps you define it, and re-evaluate it, for being broken, even slightly, isn't easy.

Should I see you in your travels - I will talk, and listen, and see what's right with you,
because I know it is there.

Count The Stars Forever

They say a broken Sailor will count the stars forever.
And I see broken Soldiers do this too.
I believe this is so,
for I do.

Simply put, something's wrong.
It can't be scanned, patched, or replaced.
And no one understands you,
but I do.

Solid and self-assured,
the armor didn't break,
it was you. But no one else broke.
That is a lie.
I was broken too.

I wasn't broken there,
I was broken here.
By a moron in the street.
"How come you were stupid enough to go?"

They don't want us to ever get over it.
That moron lit up with delight
on seeing saw how well it hit.
Really stuck it to this Soldier.

My sole now fallen in silence.
I was crashed beyond repair.
Lost, unrecoverable, downed.
...but not without hope.

--
There was a sign
You never saw the sign.
Long ago a Vet posted a cardboard sign.
"IT'S O.K. TO HONOR THE DEAD,
BUT WE STILL GOT TO FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR THE LIVING".

You fought for it once and believed in it.
Fight again Buddy.
There is a lot at stake here.
This time the Peace is yours.

What is broken is unique.
So can we ever fix a broken Soldier or Sailor?
no.
...but we can have a place for you.

A place where it only rains rain.
A place to realize you are not alone.
A place where you know it is safe.
A place to look for that which has been terribly lost.
A place to find a piece of yourself that has been missing.
A place to learn there's more that's right than wrong with you.
A place to rise above it.
A place to wear your medals.
A place to find yourself again.

I cannot guarantee it will be moron free, but I'd like to.
Hang on, we'll find this place for you.
While all this happens,
I will still keep you. (Remember?)
That's what buddies do.

The best way for us to fight, for you who's living;
is to wait as long as it takes,
....for you.
Bring all the stars with you when you come.

No one understands you,
but I do.

You have a hard time getting through tomorrow,
well, so do I.
-
From now on when the sun sets,
realize you will really never be alone.
Go ahead and count the stars forever.
Millions of us do.
-

DAN OSTLER
MAY EIGHTEEN TWO THOUSAND NINE

rg that Dan.

Standing by

You are all heroes. God bless you and thank you fo...

2010-03-19T17:23:49.374-07:00

You are all heroes. God bless you and thank you for all you have done for us to make us free. I pray for each and everyone of you nightly for God to hold you and keep you protected as you have done for us!

To Whom It Would Be of Interest, I wrote this son...

2010-02-26T17:45:46.628-08:00

To Whom It Would Be of Interest,

I wrote this song to pay tribute to All Veterans and

would be honored if you choose to post it on your Patriotic

Web Site. I thank you and God Bless!

A Tribute To Veterans

In Vietnam, Korea and World Wars Past
Our Men Fought Bravely so Freedom Would Last
Conditions Where Not Always Best They Could Be
Fighting a Foe You Could Not Always See:

From Mountain Highs to Valley Lows
From Jungle Drops to Desert Patrols

Our Sinewy Sons Were Sent Over Seas
Far From Their Families And Far From Their Dreams
They Never Wrote Letters Of Hardships Despair
Only Of Love, Yearning That One Day Soon:

They Would Come Home, They Would Resume
And Carry On With The Rest of Their Lives

The P.O.W.’S Stood Steadfast
Against the Indignities And Cruelties Of War
They Could Not Have Lasted as Long as They Did
If They Had Relinquished Their Hope That Some Day:

They Would Come Home, They Would Resume
And Carry On the Rest Of Their Lives

Medics, Nurses, and Chaplains Alike
Did What They Needed To Bring Back Life
They Served Our Forces From Day Into Night
Not Questioning If They Would Survive:

They Mended Bones And Bodies Too,
They Soothed the Spirits of Dying Souls

And for Those M.I.A’S, Who Were Left Behind
We Echo This Message Across the Seas
We Will search For as Long As It Takes
You’re Not Forgotten And Will Always Be:

In Our Hearts, In Our Prayers,
In Our Minds For All Time

A Moment of Silence, a Moment of Summons
Is Their Deliverance of Body And Soul
To a Sacred Place That We All Know
Deep In the Shrines of Our Soul:

In Our Hearts, In Our Prayers
In Our Minds For All Time

INTERLUDE:
GOLD STAR MOTHERS GRIEVE: ENDLESSLY,
ENDLESSLY, ENDLESSLY.......

These Immortalized Soldiers Whose Bravery Abounds
They’re Our Husbands, Fathers, and Sons
They Enlisted For the Duty at Hand
To Serve the Cause of Country and Land:

They Had Honor, They Had Valor,
They Found Glory That Change Them Forever

Men Standing Tall and Proud They be
A Country Behind Them in a Solemn Sea
So Let the Flags of Freedom Fly
Unfurled in Their Majesty High:

In the Sun, In the Rain
In the Winds Across This Land

Years of Tears Has Brought Us Here
Gathering Around to Hear This Sound
So Let the Flags of Freedom Fly
Unfurled in Their Majesty High:

In the Sun, In the Rain,
In the Winds Across This Land

REPEAT:

In the Sun, In the Rain,
In the Winds For All Time

Jerry Calow (copyright 2003 )

Richard, Thank you for remembering and honoring th...

2010-01-31T00:51:03.263-08:00

Richard, Thank you for remembering and honoring the Vietnam Vets. They truly deserve it and were shortchanged by the way they were treated when they returned from war and today even, still. You are right about this war being misunderstood and remembered. The slide show is great and the song is absolutely beautiful and moving. Susan