Lest We Forget

Grandfather and his two brothers,all served in Europe and all returned.

David -DJD

awesome!

I also want to say, I thank everyone on here who has served his/her country in the Military forces. Because of you the world is a better place.

I did not realize I was a veteran until I applied for unemployment the one time in my life..what a disaster that was for someone who does not know how to work the system...i thought a veteran was someone who served in a combat zone!! Phil U.S.A.F. 1958-1962

Nope, if you worked in food service, you're a veteran. I have a girlfriend signed up for the army. She got KP duty. She's now a Veteran. She never left the States and that was during operation Desert Storm. The only combat she saw was Saturday nights, in town on leave...lol

Donna

To join the V.F.W. (Veterans of Foreign Wars) you need to have served in a combat zone in wartime. As far as I know, the American Legion takes all comers, whether or not they served in a war zone.

modern , you are correct

you must of have served in the military during a war overseas and have a expeditionary medal.
my wife is eligible to join VFW. I am not.. When I was in "combat" no war was going on.

I'm a Nam vet and never considered joining the V.F.W. until a few years ago. Brought home an application from the local post but my wife took a turn for the worse within days and that wasn't going to give me much time to be away.

I was going to post a photo of my brother and myself taken together when we met up in Saigon, but the 24-year-old in the photo isn't me, anymore, and seeing it now is pretty spooky. He was a grunt in an Americal Division recon company out of Danang. I was a photographer with the First Aviation Brigade in Saigon (and wherever else I was sent on TDY). They had a rule about brothers serving in a war zone together, at that time, and almost diverted me to Germany while waiting at Fort Dix for deployment to Nam. I had to put up a fight and sign papers saying I wouldn't try to get out of Nam when I got there. Once there, I had to sign more papers saying the same thing before they sent him stateside, which in his case was Hawaii. He never joined the V.F.W. either, but my brother-in-law who was in at about the same time spent 3 years stateside, got out and joined both the American Legion and the Army Reserves, and just retired last year after 40 years total. I couldn't imagine putting up with military BS for that long.

I still do not consider myself as a veteran.
I have served with the Royal Navy, Canadian armed services,And a small stint with the U.S. Air force.
All peace time.
I experienced more "action" as a boy sitting in an air-raid shelter and dodging Hitler's bombs in London during the 40 days and nights blitz of 1940 .
David-DJD

holy Carp. DJD, I didn't know you were that old!