I Will Never Forget!

 On this special day set aside for our Veterans I want to take the opportunity to say a special thanks to some special folks. I know there are more that I should have included but this by no means is a slight to any who served.


To those who served this country, I salute you.

To my Uncle D.P., North Africa campaign, Sicily, Italy Campaign, Invasion of Normandy, captured at Argonne Forest  and spent the rest of the war as a POW. He was released in 1945, after the war was over. I salute you!

To my former Father in law, now deceased, Milton (Mutt) Boaz) 101st Airborne, Invasion of Normandy,  captured at the Battle of the Bulge. and was POW for over 6 months.  I salute you!

To my recently deceased Father in law,  Rudy Mathis who was at the Battle of the Bulge as well as the Invasion of Normandy receipient of the Bronze Star.  I salute you.

To my Dad, Ross T. Williams, now deceased 70th Coastal Artillery, Pacific, I salute you.

To those of my high school class and friends as well as my college class who paid the ultimate sacrifice I salute you.  (These listed are but a few)

JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE:
CPL JAMES DAVID BOWERS	CPT ALVIN KLASON BROYLES Jr	SP4 GARY ALLEN CURTIS
SP4 LARRY GENE CURTIS	SP4 DANNY MAX ERWIN	CPT EUGENE DELANO FRANKLIN
SGT CHARLES HARTSELL GOBBLE	PSGT WILLIAM LEONARD GREENWELL	PFC JOHN ALVIN HARLAN
PFC KENNETH LEE HINNANT	SGT KENNETH RAY HODGE	PFC DOYLE HOLCOMB
PFC ARNOLD BRYAN JACKSON	SP4 CECIL BEN JONES Jr	PFC ANDREW MARTIN LARSON
PFC JAMES HARVEY LEDFORD	SSG LARRY JEROME LYONS	SP4 BENNIE EUGENE Mc CORKLE
LCPL LARRY DAYTON MILHORN	1LT FULTON BEVERLY MOORE III	MAJ BILLY JOE NAVE
MAJ HOMER LEFTERAGE PEASE	SGT MICHAEL DEAN RIDDLE	2LT ALLEN TEBBS ROGERS Jr
SGT MARVIN SHELL	CPL THOMAS DEAN SNYDER	1LT HARRY RAY STEWART
SSG THOMAS WILLIAM TRUELOVE	CPT GORDON O DELL WALSH	LCPL JOHN EDWARD WEST Jr
PFC DORSEY BURWIN WILLIAMS	LCPL HAROLD WENDELL WILSON	PFC EARNEST LYNN WITT
JONESBORO, TENNESSEE:
PFC HAROLD GENE AYERS	SSGT JAMES EDGAR BOWMAN	SGT CHARLES JESSE FORD
PFC ROBERT GENTRY HODGES	CPL JAMES EDWARD HYLMON	SP4 RAY MORGAN KEITH JONES
SP4 HAROLD B KING	MAJ EDDIE B STORY	SSGT LOUIS ROBERT TAYLOR

To those of my high school class and college class who served, fought, bled and damn near died, I salute you.

To those of you who are serving today and are standing in the gap for all of us who no longer can serve, I salute you.

To those who bear the scars , both physically and mentally of those times past and battles you wish you could forget, I salute you.

To my friend and fellow blogger, Mustang, I salute you.
And to the rest of my fellow blogger who served, I salute you.
To my friend Dean Tucker, "tunnel rat" Viet Nam, I salute you.


I thank each of you for the service to our country.

May God Bless our Troops and May God Bless America, not only on just this special day set aside for Veterans, but everyday of the year.  I salute you!