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Here in the US, today is officially Veterans Day, and other countries are celebrating Armistice Day or Rememberance Day. Many will celebrate here tomorrow with offices and schools closed (not mine, unfortunately), but Nov. 11 is the day set aside to honor all those who have served in the armed forces. So, I thought it would be great to give a shout out to all our Pad family members who deserve our deepest respect and gratitude for serving their country.

Proud mom of an Army National Guard soldier/medic
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I have several other family members who have also served or are currently serving.
I know that many places have parades and other celebrations. Does your town do anything special? Who else has family members who have served their country or are currently serving? I'd love to give them my respect and thanks!
 
I don’t have family in the armed forces, but to all the men and women in our armed forces... THANK YOU. You and your families are always in our prayers here in Central Illinois. Your sacrifices do NOT go unnoticed!
 
My grandfather on my father's side served for a very short time. He entered the service just a few months before Armistice Day. But he was in long enough to be considered a veteran. However his children more than made up for his short length of service. There were 17 children in the family, 15 of which grew to be adults. Those 15 were 9 boys and 6 girls. 8 of the boys served in the military with the 2nd oldest being killed in WWII during the Battle of Leyte Gulf on the USS Birmingham. His remains were never recovered. 5 served in the Navy including my father, the other 3 were Army. 1 grandson in the family was a Marine and served during Operation Desert Storm. Several great-grandchildren have also served as well. There is quite the story about why the youngest son never served!

In 2001 the newspaper in the larger city close to us did a special edition about those who served. 6 of the 7 sons that served all lived local so the newspaper asked them to come to the office where they took a photo of them. There was a full page write-up about the members of the family that served including smaller photos of each of them in their service days. Sadly, only 1 of the sons in the photo is still alive (along with the 1 that lived in FL who couldn't get here for the photo). At that time there were 3 great-grandchildren who served. I don't believe any others have served.

I know my father was very proud of his military service all his life. In later years, he got all of his service medals and had them framed in a shadow box along with his dog tags and a small photo of him. It is now proudly displayed in my living room along with the flag from his funeral.

Thinking back on why more of my cousins didn't serve, I believe it was because of when they were service age. My older cousins were post-Vietnam and those around my age were mid to late 70's when joining the military was not the thing to do. The one cousin that did serve was 14 years younger than me, a much different time as far as military service.

On my mom's side of the family, her brother served in the Navy. He and one of dad's brothers actually left for boot camp the day after my mom and dad's wedding. Neither of his sons served although one of his granddaughters did serve in the Navy.
 
I have a lot of family members who died in the first and second world wars. My paternal grandad survived WW2. My dad served in the Falklands war around the time it ended.

We have remembrance services and parades all around the Country in churches on the closest Sunday to the 11th. Today it was on the 11th which made it extra special being the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1. As part of this year's remembrance acrylic life sized see through silhouettes were placed on a seat inside each church to represent those who did not return home from war - the missing person.

Some of TJ's photos that she took on a WW1 history school trip to Ypres during the summer were used for her school remembrance assembly on Friday, and also as part of a slide show during the 2 mins silence in our church service this morning.

Joy is in the Girls Brigade, and like other uniformed children's groups took part in a rememberance parade. She was chosen for the honour guard this morning and laid the poppy wreath on behalf of her girl's brigade unit.
 
Thank you for starting this thread, Jan, and thanks to your son for his service. What an awesome picture! I lost one uncle in WWII and another uncle served in the US Navy, on a battleship. My father couldn't serve because of a medical condition, but I know he would have if he could have. We owe all of our military men and women who are serving now and ever have served - everything!! I cringe when I think of where we'd be if the US military hadn't entered WWII. A heartfelt thank you to ALL.
 
HavaDrPepper said:
My grandfather on my father's side served for a very short time. He entered the service just a few months before Armistice Day. But he was in long enough to be considered a veteran. However his children more than made up for his short length of service. There were 17 children in the family, 15 of which grew to be adults. Those 15 were 9 boys and 6 girls. 8 of the boys served in the military with the 2nd oldest being killed in WWII during the Battle of Leyte Gulf on the USS Birmingham. His remains were never recovered. 5 served in the Navy including my father, the other 3 were Army. 1 grandson in the family was a Marine and served during Operation Desert Storm. Several great-grandchildren have also served as well. There is quite the story about why the youngest son never served!

In 2001 the newspaper in the larger city close to us did a special edition about those who served. 6 of the 7 sons that served all lived local so the newspaper asked them to come to the office where they took a photo of them. There was a full page write-up about the members of the family that served including smaller photos of each of them in their service days. Sadly, only 1 of the sons in the photo is still alive (along with the 1 that lived in FL who couldn't get here for the photo). At that time there were 3 great-grandchildren who served. I don't believe any others have served.

I know my father was very proud of his military service all his life. In later years, he got all of his service medals and had them framed in a shadow box along with his dog tags and a small photo of him. It is now proudly displayed in my living room along with the flag from his funeral.

Thinking back on why more of my cousins didn't serve, I believe it was because of when they were service age. My older cousins were post-Vietnam and those around my age were mid to late 70's when joining the military was not the thing to do. The one cousin that did serve was 14 years younger than me, a much different time as far as military service.

On my mom's side of the family, her brother served in the Navy. He and one of dad's brothers actually left for boot camp the day after my mom and dad's wedding. Neither of his sons served although one of his granddaughters did serve in the Navy.
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What a wonderful history of service. All my thanks and respect to your family!

Angela Toucan said:
I have a lot of family members who died in the first and second world wars. My paternal grandad survived WW2. My dad served in the Falklands war around the time it ended.

We have remembrance services and parades all around the Country in churches on the closest Sunday to the 11th. Today it was on the 11th which made it extra special being the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1. As part of this year's remembrance acrylic life sized see through silhouettes were placed on a seat inside each church to represent those who did not return home from war - the missing person.

Some of TJ's photos that she took on a WW1 history school trip to Ypres during the summer were used for her school remembrance assembly on Friday, and also as part of a slide show during the 2 mins silence in our church service this morning.

Joy is in the Girls Brigade, and like other uniformed children's groups took part in a rememberance parade. She was chosen for the honour guard this morning and laid the poppy wreath on behalf of her girl's brigade unit.
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All of those celebrations and honors sound amazing, and it is wonderful that the school had a remembrance assembly. I can imagine how moving those life sized silhouettes must have been.

Cherylndesigns said:
Thank you for starting this thread, Jan, and thanks to your son for his service. What an awesome picture! I lost one uncle in WWII and another uncle served in the US Navy, on a battleship. My father couldn't serve because of a medical condition, but I know he would have if he could have. We owe all of our military men and women who are serving now and ever have served - everything!! I cringe when I think of where we'd be if the US military hadn't entered WWII. A heartfelt thank you to ALL.
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My father wasn't able to serve either. All 3 of his brothers did, two in the Navy and one in the Army. My respect and thanks to your family as well.
 
My Dad fought in New Guinea during World War II and was part of the campaign of the Battle of Milne Bay. He went to war when he was only 19. He was only a private but very respected by his fellow soldiers as they nick-named him Major.
It was 10 years later he met and married my mother.
 
IntenseMagic said:
What a wonderful history of service. All my thanks and respect to your family!


All of those celebrations and honors sound amazing, and it is wonderful that the school had a remembrance assembly. I can imagine how moving those life sized silhouettes must have been.


My father wasn't able to serve either. All 3 of his brothers did, two in the Navy and one in the Army. My respect and thanks to your family as well.
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Thanks so much, Jan.
 
Awesome photo, Jan!

My dad was in WWII and his dad was in WWI. My kids had school today, and if our town had a parade or anything special, I didn't hear about it. I don't need a parade to remember them, though, so it's okay.
 
Remembering those who give and gave so much for us! Thank you!

I don't have anyone currently in the armed forces, but have had family in the past. I have a feeling my son will lead himself into the forces, though I'm not yet sure which area.
 
Dad and Uncle (his brother) served in USMC in Vietnam. My Uncle (my Dad's other brother) served in Army in Vietnam. These were all before I was born so I did not grow up with/in the military lifestyle at all. I do have a cousin who is currently a Navy Corpsman. And my son just graduated Marine bootcamp - he is just getting started. I am learning as I go here ...

We have small ceremonies in town and today is a day off from school.
 
My grandfather fighted in WW1 in Ypres ...
My father had to work in one of the German factories during WW2 ...
Yesterday there was a big memorial in Ypres ... I would have been ... but we had other obligations in the morning ...
My daughter-in-law her sister is married with an American Navy Pilot - This summer they moved from Naples to I thought neighbourhood of St. Francisco.
 
If any of you follow me on Instagram, I posted 2 paper layouts in honor of Veteran's Day. Like I said, one of my uncles served in the Navy and I was fortunate enough to get a few wonderful photos of him. He passed away in 2009, and I created these layouts sometime shortly after that. I was looking through my old layouts last night and saw these and decided to post them. He was always so proud to be a Veteran.
 
My Dad was in the Army. He was drafted during the Vietnam War and when he was about to be deployed, the war ended. He served his 2 years and left.

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Both my FILs (my DH's dad and stepdad) served in the Air Force (deployed to Vietnam) and Army. They both stayed in the military until they retired.

My late uncle was in the Army and went to Vietnam (drafted). He died years ago from cancer as a result of Agent Orange.

I have cousins who have served in the Army.
 
Happy Veteran's Day - thank you and your family members for your service! I have many family members who have served/are serving.
The day holds another special meaning for me as it's my husband's birthday on 11/11!
 
My grandfather was a proud Army Veteran. He served in WWII and the Korean War. We lost him in December 2012 due to complications from Alzheimer's.

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