Post what you are thinking at this very moment

[FBD]

yeah, tbh, I had forgotten, until my in boxes and messages are full up with veterans day good wishes. I dont really consider myself a vet.

actual heroes never consider themselves heroes

[DemonGeminiX]

Just to be clear (and I had to make sure, so I looked it up), Veterans Day is a holiday commemorating all veterans of the US Armed Forces and were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable. It is not required for the former service member to have seen action. It is only required that the service member was not dishonorably discharged.

[Godfather]

It's Remembrance Day here. We observe a moment of silence at 11am and wear red poppies on our coats.

I always think of my grandfather who served in the First Special Service Force in WWII, which was a specialized unit of both American and Canadian volunteers who were one of the precursor units to modern special forces, commanded originally by Robert T Frederick. My grandfather was an incredible man and their unit did some wild things, eventually earning their unit the United States Congressional Gold Medal (sadly after my grandfather died).

The German's in Italy called them the 'black devils' as they painted their faces and murdered Nazis in hand to hand combat at night with their fabled V-42 combat stiletto.

My grandfather volunteered for the unit when it was formed around 1942 and they recruited Rangers, lumberjacks, northwoodsmen, hunters, prospectors, explorers and game wardens. They trained in Helena, Montana in crafts like skiing and parachuting with the unit. I believe they originally had about 1200 Americans and 600 Canadians, and sustained heavy casualties, landing in Anzio and fighting up through Italy and later in France, They fought the battle for Monte la Difensa on the Berhardt line by scaling the cliffs up the back which the Germans thought impossible. They took over 77% casualties during the battle but took the hilltop after other British and US units were locked in a stalemate trying to take it frontally. They were then were one of the first units in Rome, and later invaded France during Operation Dragoon. Their 1800 man unit is credited with over 12,000 German casualties, captured 7000 prisoners, and had a 600% attrition rate. They claim to be the only unit in WWII never to have retreated a foot of ground.

My grandfather was extremely lucky to have survived. My family still has his helmet with a bullet hole that entered through the front on the side and out the back, milometers from where his head was. He told me he badly wanted to take the V-42 knife when he left the unit too, many guys smuggled theirs home, but he was too honest and returned it when asked

When they were disbanded and sent back to units of their respective countries for the final months of the war, they all wept saying their goodbyes to their brothers. My grandfather had many friends across Canada and the US that he stayed in touch with until he died in 1998. I think among other things, their unit is an important piece of history for the US and Canada's close bond.

[FBD]

My grandfather dragged a feather bed across europe in ww2, enough times it saved his life. He never spoke much of the war except to say that it was the most terrible thing a person could possibly experience.

While my gram was laid up a little while before he passed, he told my mom a bunch of stories...some werent so bad, like when they took over a chateau that the germans had made into a command office, there was quite a wine cellar in the basement and they spent quite a few days there.

Quite the contrast to my best friend's gramp, who was in a refrigeration unit over in the south pacific, sometimes they'd take one of those 12 foot freon tanks, put in on an angle iron and take a wrench and knock the end off, watch that fucker go. The pilot he used to fly with was a hell of a pilot, he'd pull shit like rolling the wheels of the landing gear over the quonset hut whlie people were sleeping - but got drunk half the time and made gramp fly. He sold smokes and sent the money back and built their house with it.

[FBD]

No umbrella for trump in the rain

[KevinD]

You served, right? Did you not see any action?

actual heroes never consider themselves heroes

If i was ever a "hero" it would have been for some of the things I did as a fireman.

I did serve in the USAF. Never saw direct combat, thankfully. To me, a vet is one who served in combat.
I good friend used to beg me to join the local VFW, but, like I told him, I didnt see combat, so, not that kind of veteran.
My father, two of my uncles, and both grandfathers, one great grandfather all served in combat. Dad was a medic in Vietnam, 2 tours. Both uncles were in Vietnam. One grandfather was in Navy, south pacific ww2, the other in Air Force WW2

[PorkChopSandwiches]

If i was ever a "hero" it would have been for some of the things I did as a fireman.

I did serve in the USAF. Never saw direct combat, thankfully. To me, a vet is one who served in combat.
I good friend used to beg me to join the local VFW, but, like I told him, I didnt see combat, so, not that kind of veteran.
My father, two of my uncles, and both grandfathers, one great grandfather all served in combat. Dad was a medic in Vietnam, 2 tours. Both uncles were in Vietnam. One grandfather was in Navy, south pacific ww2, the other in Air Force WW2

Those that saw combat couldn't have done it without the support system

[KevinD]

I was part of a combat trained wing, but, there were no active wars when i was active duty.
The Air Force called us "Air Base Ground Defence" and since AF didn't have combat training, we did ours with Army infantry, and Marine Recon.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Billie Jean is not my lover

[Godfather]

My grandfather dragged a feather bed across europe in ww2, enough times it saved his life.

That's hilarious. I have a bed story from my gramps as well, one of very few that he told.

They were on the line in Italy after landing at Anzio, and one day there was a lull in the fighting. My grandfather told me he and the boys caught a chicken in the morning, and he spent the rest of the afternoon collecting straw to make a bed in his dugout. He worked all friggin' day making it perfect.... sun goes down, firefight starts and he gets shrapnel in his back from a grenade. Tough SOB crawled by himself back to the nearest aid station and was in hospital for a couple weeks after that. Had shrapnel in his back the rest of his life... but what actually bothered him wasn't the injury, it was that his boys wrote him a letter telling him they enjoyed his bed and the chicken without him

[DemonGeminiX]

Do I buy this air fryer now or do I wait to see if any Black Friday sales get it to a lower price?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Do I buy this air fryer now or do I wait to see if any Black Friday sales get it to a lower price?

I've read that an air fryer is a waste of money. If you buy a good convection oven (table top, like a toaster oven size) and it's basically the same thing, plus it will do so much more. Not to mention that air fryers are HUGE compared to the amount of food they can fit.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Why do so many Mexicans/hispanics feel the need to put extra emphasis and accent on any Spanish/Spanglish word when they normally speak with no accent at all?

[Pony]

I use the shit out of my convection oven.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I use the shit out of my convection oven.

Same here, we actually use it more often than the regular oven. Spent a bit more for it when we bought it, but it's awesome.