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EVERY VETERAN WHO EVER SERVED:
GREAT RESPECT THEY DESERVE:
   FOR THEY SIGNED UP AND WERE IN THE ARMED FORCES, STATIONED AROUND THE WORLD TO PRESERVE FREEDOM AND PEACE:
   NOT ALL WERE ON THE FRONT LINE, OR IN THE HEAT OF BATTLE, BUT ALL STOOD READY AT LEAST:
TRAINING FOR WAR, BEING READY AT MOMENTS NOTICE TO DEPLOY,TO WHEREVER, WHEN EVER YOU ARE ORDERED GO:
ANY PLACE IN THE WORLD, FROM EAST TO WEST, NORTH TO SOUTH, HIGH OR LOW:
     THE SACRIFICE OF A MILITARY VETERAN, IS HEROIC, COURAGEOUS, AND IS JUST THE NORM:
     SERVING IN THE MILITARY IN FAR OFF PLACES, WHERE THE WEATHER IS SEVERE COLD AND WARM:
FOR EVERY VETERAN, THROUGH OUT TIME, ALL GAVE SOME, AND SOME GAVE ALL:
SOME CAME HOME, WITH A MEDAL PINNED ON THERE CHEST, WHILE OTHERS SACRIFICED ALL, AND HAD TO FALL:
     ONE NEVER CAN FORGET THE TIME IN THE MILITARY THAT THEY SERVED:
     GREAT RESPECT FOR EVERY VETERAN IS WELL DESERVED:
IM HAPPY NOW TO SEE:
NOW HOW VETERANS ARE TREATED NOW WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY:
     IT WAS NOT LIKE THIS AFTER THE VIETNAM WAR:
     WHEN EVERYONE, WHO SERVED, WAS SHUNED AND PEOPLE SHUT THE DOOR:
 
JUST AS A POLICE OFFICER, THEY PUT THERE LIFE ON THE LINE EVERY DAY:
YET PEOPLE THEY ARE SO HARSH, SO QUICK TO JUDGE THEM IN EVERY WAY:
          WHEN YOU SEE A POLICE OFFICER, SHOW THEM YOUR APPRECIATION, AND GRATEFULNESS, FOR PROTECTING ALL, DO NOT SHUT THE DOOR ON THEM OR SHOW THEM SHUN:
          HAPPY VETERANS DAY, TO ALL WHO HAVE EVER SERVED, SOME GAVE ALL, AND ALL GAVE SOME:

TO THE FAMILY FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES, OF EVERY VETERAN, WHO EVER SERVED:
 ALL THE RESPECT, ADMIRATION, GRATITUDE, SACRIFICE AND SUPPORT,-THEY ALL SO GREATLY DESERVE:


SEMPER-FIDELIS:
11--NOVEMBER--2015:
BY: JOHN D. JUNGERS:/SSGT/USMC.RETIRED: 0811



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