Since today is Veteran’s Day, I’ve changed my theme design to be patriotic. I’ve loved all things patriotic. For years. Long before it became popular to be patriotic.
I’ve been thinking of my father today. He served in the Marine Corps during World War II. He joined about half a year before it ended. After basic training, he was sent to the Aleutian Islands where he served as the bugle boy for his company. He had to learn 150 different melody calls — for getting up in the morning, for going to bed, for going to lunch, for going to the bathroom, for EVERYTHING!
I’m also thinking of my father-in-law who served in the army for several years. He was based in Texas and worked as a mechanic. My mother-in-law was able to live down there, too, while he served there. They made life-long friends with people that they met there.
Our family salutes these two great men and their military service for our country.
Several years ago, I read the book Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley. It was a phenomenal book. I highly recommend it. It made me realize that had my father enlisted about 3 months earlier, he could have been sent to Iwo Jima — and the chances of his dying there would have been great which meant that I possibly wouldn’t have been born.
The movie by the same title is one that I recommend, too. It was very well done.
I will be forever grateful to them — and to all of those in all of the armed services — for their defending of our country. May God bless them, every one.