At the Eleventh Hour on the Eleventh Day in the Eleventh Month
It is called Veterans Day in the United States. Once, it was called Armistice Day to commemorate the time, date, and month that marked cessation of the Great War, the War to End Wars. I almost said, marked cessation of hostilities, but history proved that comment to be a false one. Hostilities didn't cease, they only changed form, and led 21 years
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My uncle was career airforce and served in 3 wars. Flew supply copters as a Colonel in Vietnam, he was never afraid to get out there and fight. He was mightily sorry he retired when the first Gulf War broke out: ) I've had a lot of relatives who have served, but none who were killed. My grandfather was wounded in that War to End All Wars (hahahahaha.)
I too, have seen Congressional Medals of Honor, all posthumus. They line the Memorial Student Center at Texas A&M University. They are from WWII, and feature photos, the medals and what the military men did to earn the medals. It sends chills down my spine when I think of the stories.
So yes, I remember today.
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