To all the CF Veterans I wish you well.
mike V USMC/DAV

 

Thank you, Mike, for your thoughts and for your service!

Larry
RVN 68-70

 

Thank you all for your Service and especially to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice.

Joe
23 fantastic years, US Army SF

 

Thanks, Mike.

Ed

82nd Air Borne Division
3 years 1962-1965 sgt E5

 

Thanks Mike.

John Worth (aka Lone Star Lizzard)
4 generations of Texas veterans including:
Grandfather David McMahan - US Army infantry (1917-1918) mustard gassed in France in 1918
Father Milton Worth - US Navy fire controlman aboard DD398 USS Ellet in the Pacific (1942-1945)
Me - USAF seismic analyst (1969-1973) with 12-month tours on Mindanao, P.I. and in Northern Thailand
John Worth, Jr. - US Army (2003 to present) - Chinook mechanic/maintenance company NCO with 160th SOAR through 2010, and now Chief Warrant Officer and Blackhawk pilot; 5 tours in the sandbox (so far).

 

My thanks go out to you....the Veterans who put their lives on the line to serve this great nation of ours.

 

I was going to go out for my free lunch and free dinner today, but I didn't feel like waiting in line for a table...

 

My 02's plate.

 

Thanks to all our Vets for their service. I took a flight yesterday on United and before boarding started they announced that all Vets could board first.
I and a Marine were able to take advantage of this nice gesture.Really felt good.

Tonkin Gulf 7th fleet
67-68

 

1968-1974

 

Here's a note that will make you proud. My late father was on a destroyer that bombarded Guadalcanal before the Marines landed, then housed tired Marines when they finally came off the island. [Dad pulled body bag duty and personally witnessed the sexual mutilation Marines corpses had suffered by the enemy.] Dad told me there were no braver, more loyal, honorable individuals than those tired, filthy, hungry young Marines. Just before Dad passed, he asked me to request Marines serve as the honor guard at his graveside service. Unfortunately, military "policy" dictated that Navy personnel function as the honor guard. After making several calls, I finally talked to the OD of the Dallas area Marine detachment and shared with him the reason for my father's request. The OD simply said "Marines will be there." Sure enough, three young Marine volunteers appeared on time and functioned as honor guard jointly with two senior Navy CPOs. Afterwards I wrote my congressman and asked him to forward my thanks to the Marine Corps Commandant. One month later, I received a personal letter from the Commandant, assuring me that those young Marines' personnel files would reflect their volunteer service.

Marines have been going the extra mile ever since inception of the Corps, and my respect for them, already high, is even more so.

Semper Fi.

FYI, my father Milton Worth, was a fire controlman aboard Navy destroyer DD 398 (the Ellet). He first boarded the Ellet immediately after that ship returned from escorting the carriers Hornet and Enterprise on the "Doolittle" raid of Tokyo in early 1942. While on the Ellet, Dad saw combat in the following actions:
Coral Sea, Kwajalein Midway, Eniwetak, Tulagi , Saipan, the Bonins Islands, Savo Island, Palau, Guadalcanal, Guam, the Philippines Sea and Iwo Jima.

To all those who have honorably served, thank you. Pay it forward.

John Worth
USAF 1969-1973

 

Thanks, Mike, and the same to you.


USN - 1972-2001
CDR (Mustang) - Retired

 

Thanks Mike ... same to you.

USAF 1971-1993
LtCol (Ret)
KC/EC/C-135 Command Pilot

 

Thanks Mike!!! Back at ya...


Tom
ET1 SS/DV
USN RET

 

Thank you all. And God Bless all of our Veterans, Past, Present, and future. I would also like to give a shout out to all the folks and the Corvette Forum Members for all your help keeping us up and running with great information and support...

mike v

 

Thank you brother!

AK2 - USN
USS SARATOGA 1981-1985

My son is USMC 0311. Semper Fi!