HAPPY VETERANS' DAY TO ALL OUR VETERANS!! AND THEIR FAMILIES TOO!

I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE WITH MY HEART.

MY FATHER WAS A "MUSTANG" IN THE U.S.M.C., FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT A "MUSTANG" IS.... WHEN ONE JOINS AND GOES TO BOOT CAMP, WORKS HIS WAY UP THE RANKS AND GOES TO O.C.S. TO BECOME AN OFFICIER. MY FATHER BECAME A "COMMISSION OFFICIER" BEFORE WWII BROKE OUT. HIS CAREER LEAD HIM TO BECOMING A COMMANDING OFFICIER.
HE WAS ONE OF CARLSON'S U.S.M.C. RAIDERS IN THE PACIFIC AND MADE SEVEN BEACH HEADS IN THE PACIFIC. WHILE IN FORCE RECON, HE MADE OVER 220 PARACHUTE JUMPS. AND I HAD SEVENTEEN SCHOOL TRANSFERS DUE TO HIS CAREER. IT WAS A GOOD LIFE.

I'M ALSO A VETERAN'S WIDOW. MY LATE HUSBAND JOINED THE U.S. NAVY IN 1958 BECOMING A SUBMARINER IN DIESL SUBS. THEN ADMIRAL RICKOVER PICKED HIM TO GO TO M.I.T. FOR A THREE-MONTH-CRASH- COURSE IN NUCLEAR ENGERY, FOR NUCLEAR SUBMARINES - "THE 41 FOR FREEDOM". IN 1963 WHEN KENNEDY WAS KILLED IN DALLAS, THERE WERE
FOUR NUCLEAR SUBMARINES IN THE OCEAN AROUND RUSSIA TARGETTING MOSCOW, WITH THEIR TARGETTING OFFICIERS SITTING WITH THEIR FINGERS ON THE RED BUTTONS. THEY WAITED THREE HOURS FOR WORD TO PUSH THE RED BUTTON. THE MISSION WAS CANCELLED. MY LATE HUSBAND WAS ONE OF THOSE OFFICIERS. HE RETIRED AFTER TWENTY YEARS SERVICE. MY LATE HUSBAND WAS "CHIEF OF THE BOAT" (C.O.B) ON THE NUCLEAR SUB... THE TOMAS JEFFERSON.

MY FAVORITE SONG FOR VETERANS' DAY IS "SOME GAVE ALL", IT TELLS THE STORY FOR ALL BRANCHES OF OUR MILITARY, THE ARMY, MARINE CORPS, NAVY, AIR FORCE, SPACE FORCE AND COAST GUARD.

Billy Ray Cyrus - Some Gave All (Official Music Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydWhRObVxrM

Blessing and Regards,

Seawitch