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This is a traditional American 'holiday,' but this goes out to veterans everywhere, regardless of what country you served and call your own. Thanks Vets!

St. Crispen's Day Speech: William Shakespeare, 1599
Enter the KING
WESTMORELAND. O that we now had here
But one ten thousand of those men in England
That do no work to-day!

KING. What's he that wishes so?
My cousin Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin;
If we are mark'd to die, we are enow
To do our country loss; and if to live,
The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,
Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;
It yearns me not if men my garments wear;
Such outward things dwell not in my desires.
But if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive.
No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England.
God's peace! I would not lose so great an honour
As one man more methinks would share from me
For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more!
Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host,
That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart; his passport shall be made,
And crowns for convoy put into his purse;
We would not die in that man's company
That fears his fellowship to die with us.
This day is call'd the feast of Crispian.
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam'd,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say 'To-morrow is Saint Crispian.'
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,
And say 'These wounds I had on Crispian's day.'
Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember, with advantages,
What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household words-
Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter,
Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester-
Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb'red.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
Make him a member of the gentry, even if he is a commoner.
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.

Before the Battle of Agincourt,
25 October 1415

Shakespeare
Henry V, Act 4, Scene 3

ABF CVN-72 USN Persian Gulf War Vet
Saying Thank You Sir.

And Thank You to all fellow Vets, Present, Past and Future.

Amen to that JB! Thank you one and all for keeping this world safer!!!

Special Greetings to SSGT Christopher Goodart serving somewhere in Indian Country A company 3-509 PIR. Keep your head down bro and your powder dry.

Pop a cap in someone's azz if the opportunity arises. We'll have a beer for you in the meantime.

Happy Vets Day and keep the rubber side up.

Radarman 1st Class, U.S. Navy 1960 - 1971. USS Blue DD 744, USS Weiss APD 135, USS Black DD 666, USS Rogers DD 876. Made three WesPac (Viet Nam) trips. I am not bragging, I just feel old. All of those ships are long gone. I was on the Oriskany CVA 34 for a week and I saw her recently being sunk, on the TV, off of Florida.
Thanks and thank you vets.
Dave

AW 2nd Class, US Navy, VP-49, 1973-76. 1400 flight hours boring holes in the North Atlantic/Mediteranean skies looking for bad men in submarines.
Salute to all the vets, past and present, who make the world a safer place.

later, Tom.

If you've served, bless you and thanks. We all sleep safe at night because of ya'll.

HMCS (AC/SW), USN(retired) 1973-1994, VF-201, VP-62, HS-85, VR-60, USS Clark (FFG-11), Command Senior Chief NAS Dallas Branch Medical Clinic. Damn I miss the Navy. It does my soul good to see how our country treats service men and women today. Have a great Veterans Day.
Doc

Thanks to all our Vets!

As for me...Army, 89-95, 33V radar tech on the ol' OV-1D Mohawk!

23d Engineer Bn., 3d Armored Div. '60 - '64 US Army

Very nice tribute, Sir.
Add my sincere thanks to all Vets.

25th infantry div 3/4 cav.

happy remembrance day.2 bn inf Royal Canadian Regiment. 1978-2001.

1st Infantry attached to the 82nd Airborne two tours 68&69,remember those names on the wall were America's finest.

it's also our rememberance day 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month we beat a load of super organized race of jerries
they make osama and sadam look like angels
wot they did to the jews is unforgivable
i never met my granny cos of a buz bomb
to all those who gave us our freedom in the first and second world war thankyou

god speed and thanks to all the allied vets out there

AMHC Retired; HS-84, VP-62, HS-75, HSL-94, VP-66, VP-65, HCS-5, VR-46. 1975-1998.

"Non sibi sed patriae"

My thanks to all who have served, both past and present.

I thank all the Vets for putting it on the line for all of us at home. May they soon return home safely to their loved ones.