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I'm sure that many of you had heroes as
children. They were sports players, movies
stars, or maybe a popular comic book
character.

You idolized them and knew all about their
heroic play that saved the game or how they
won the damsel in distress. Well, when I was a
boy, I idolized a different kind of hero. The
men I looked up to had done a great service
to our county.

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These men had gone abroad to fight the 'bad
guys' and same the innocent people from
unrelenting tyrants and horrible fates. They
fought for our country, and at no cheap
price.

Many of them lost their lives for us, and we
owe them a tremendous debt. In some ways
they were like Captain America or
Batman, but they were real. They were our
nation's veterans.


With time, I began to realize and understand
to more of a greater degree what our men in
uniform had really gone through in the past.

These were young men, some only 17 or 18
years old, that wanted to be in high school
chasing girls and winning football games, but
instead they were called upon to put their
lives on the line for our country and many
times for the free world itself.


During the Second Word War, over 16 million
of America's men signed up to do their part to
save the world from the hands of Hitler or Tojo.

A good number of mothers and father's lost
their children on the beaches of
Normandy, on the island of Peleliu, on Bois
Jaques in Belgium, or somewhere else we
otherwise would have never heard of.


The world lost a lot of heroes in those four
years.

Then, five years later, the young men were
once again called upon to do their duty, this
time in Korea, where they fought in places like
Incheon, or Chosin.


Then, six years after our boys were brought
home from it, they were introduced to
another kind of hell; Vietnam. Since then, we
have seen our men triumph in places like
Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Cambodia, and the list
goes on.

These men have given us so much. Without
our veterans, we would not be free, and our
country would surely not be the same as it is
today, if it still existed.


These heroes gave us this, and the price they
had to pay, as well as the sacrifices they had
to endure should never be forgotten. As they
say, "those who do not remember history are
destined to repeat it."

This year, take the time to give something
back to these heroes who fought in the
places I have mentioned.


We can never repay them fully for what they
have given us. You might ask yourself what
you could do to help one of these giants?
Well, one of the best ways to do it is to donate
to a non-profit veteran's organization.

Many of our veterans need your help. It is said
that while some veterans leave combat with
their flesh untouched, no veteran leaves
combat unscarred.


All of these fine men and women need
help, and these organizations help them get
what they need.

With our troops returning from the middle
east, many of them will need help dealing
with Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder, or need
help from hospitals and care units to recover
from wounds sustained serving our country.


It is the mission of these fine citizens to help
our vets get their lives back, and transition
from the service to a full recovery and normal
life as a United States citizen. Please, make a
point this year to give something back to
those that have given you so much.

Want to help veterans today? The support
and donate to us. Just go to Green Collar
Vets at www.GreenCollarVets.org


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