Veterans…

11 Responses to Veterans…

1. Jon says:

   11 November 2008 at 11:00 am

   A good place to go for Veterans Day prayers and reflections: http://www.vincentcapodanno.org/
2. Dr. Mel-South Carolina says:

   11 November 2008 at 11:54 am

   And a salute and prayer for all the Catholic priests and religious who served our military veterans in all of our conflicts.
   SSgt Mel-USAF Vietnam veteran, South Carolina
3. Alan (from England) says:

   11 November 2008 at 5:41 pm

   We had a 2 minute silence today at my school and we all stood, at 11:00.

   We call it Armistice Day over here, and everyone wears poppy, FYI if it’s different in the US.
4. Jim says:

   11 November 2008 at 6:18 pm

   Thankyou Father for the picture. It makes me proud.

   And I’m not even a Yank. As for Alan and the poppies
   http://www.poppy.org.uk/index.php/flanders

   In Flanders’ Fields the Poppies blow
   Between the crosses, row on row,
   That mark our place: and in the sky
   The larks, still bravely singing, fly
   Scarce heard amid the guns below.

   We are the dead. Short days ago
   We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
   Loved and were loved, and now we lie
   In Flanders’ Fields.

   Take up our quarrel with the foe;
   To you from failing hands we throw
   The torch; be yours to hold it high,
   If ye break faith with us who die
   We shall not sleep, though Poppies grow

   May their souls, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace
   In Flanders’ Fields.
5. Christian says:

   11 November 2008 at 6:41 pm

   Father, I don\’t see any soldiers form the War of Northern Aggression in this pic….

   Here is a little tribute to them…

   http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc8MBIrqqzE
6. ignorant redneck says:

   11 November 2008 at 6:44 pm

   Lets also remember CPT (Chaplain) Jack “Father Jack” Pendergast, chaplain in the 82d Abn, who used to turn up amongst us in the most god awful and miserable places. If it sucked–Father Jack was liable to be right next to you with a smile, a wise crack and a blessing!
7. Joamy says:

   11 November 2008 at 9:27 pm

   All I can say is – Thank You.
8. Br. Andrew, OP says:

   11 November 2008 at 9:32 pm

   You are welcome!

   Rev. Br. Andrew McAlpin, O.P.
   EW3 U.S. Navy – USS Fox (CG-33) 1983-1987
9. Charivari Rob says:

   11 November 2008 at 10:24 pm

   Beautiful picture, Father. Did someone work that up for you, or did you find it elsewhere?

   I’m curious as to the eras, branches of the service, and landmarks represented. I can take an educated guess at maybe half of them. Hmmm, probably less than half. My old history books are in storage at my folks’ house. Was there a key on the original work that you might share with us? Or, perchance, an informed reader?

   From left to right, I’d say:

   1. looks like the Continental Soldier
   2. Marine?
   3.
   4. Cavalry?
   5. WWI era army?
   6. WWII era uniform. She has a lot of representing to be doing: nurses, WACS, WAVES, WASPS, and every woman since.
   7. Navy
   8.
   9. Gulf War to present day?
   10.
   11. Korea/Integration?
   12.
   13. Air Force
   14.
   15.
   16.
   17.

   Can anyone please correct me/fill in the blanks?
10. Peter Karl T. Perkins says:

    12 November 2008 at 2:37 pm

    Veterans’ Day? Never hear of it.

    Let us pray on this Remembrance Day for the serviceman who died defending this Dominion and the Empire in

    The War of 1812;

    The Boer War, 1899-1902;

    The Great War, 1914-1918;

    The Second World War, 1939-1945.

    I’ve lost relatives in the latter two (1916, Battle of the Somme; 1940, Battle of Britain) and my great-grandfather was a veteran of the Boer War.

    Peter Karl T. Perkins
    Victoria, B.C., Canada
11. Peter Karl T. Perkins says:

    12 November 2008 at 2:39 pm

    Further to my last post,

    I apologise for not including mention of the Korean War (1950-1953). I don’t know anyone who served in that conflict and forgot about momentarily. We must remember the dead from that War as well.

    P.K.T.P.