thank you armed forces

Yes, I know this is a humor blog. But for the first time I would like to talk about something serious: honoring the people who serve in the military.

I would like to say thank you to every person who has served in the US Military on this Memorial Day. Without your bravery we would not be free. Even with a draft in WWII you felt compelled to fight, not feeling at all like you were forced to do so. You fought in Vietnam despite being hated at home for all the wrong reasons and later your younger brethren helped heal those wounds with a successful first Iraq war.

Right now, hundreds of thousands of you are overseas fighting for a cause many here in the United States do not believe in, for good reason of course. But you volunteered to fight the fight none the less.

You left your home, your families, and your children born without you being there because you chose to fight for all of us. But yet the rest of us live our daily lives like there isn’t a war going on. It isn’t like it was in World War II with rationing and salvaging metals for the cause. Our burning issue each day is where will go for lunch. Yours is whether you will be alive to be able to eat lunch.

Yet we treat you like your sacrifice doesn’t matter. Just war or not, it matters. You matter and we must never forget this.

So this post is for all you people in the military, past and present. You are the real American heroes and I think I speak for a lot of people when I say thank you for the sacrifices you made.

Day is done,
gone the sun,
from the lakes
from the hills
from the sky,
all is well,
safely, rest,
God is near.

Fading light,
Dims the sight,
And a star gems the sky
Gleaming bright,
From afar,
Drawing, near,
Falls the night.

Thanks and praise,
For our days,
Neath the sun
Neath the stars
Neath the sky,
As we go,
This, we, know,
God is near.

Humor-blogs.com and Angry Seafood wish all veterans of all wars a Happy and safe Memorial Day weekend. We will always remember and never forget your sacrifices.

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