Birdbrains by Thom Bluemel for November 12, 2012

Well said, Thom.

Thank you. USAF Retired

Thjank You TOM!

Yes! Thank you to my dad and his brothers, and my cousins!

Thank you, Thom. —Retired Army Airborne

And a salute to you too, Thom . . . ☺

Tweren’t no big deal. Three years during Viet Nam. Worked mostly in Panama at the Tropic Test Center supporting testing of stuff for Nam. I did also work a year as a research assistant for army’s weather modification experimenters. I recently googled some of the people I worked with on the latter and they’re still doing research in that area.

My 6"5", perfect soul, gorgeous, kind, educated, brave, selfless, brother, John Frederick Fleming, 1945 – 1967,killed in action in DaNang, Vietnam.

Thank you, Thom, for the nice tribute!

We POW survivors from the Phippines thank you….

Thanks.

Thanks, Dad. Battle of the Atlantic.

(But I still can’t see any faces in the strip—only in my memory)

the lost were not lost for nothing. the found prove it,

Thank you Thom, also thank you to all the service men/service women who have served. Sgt D.U. USMC

I am most honored to have so many veterans reading my comic. Thank you all for all you sacrificed, all you saw, all you did, all you went through and all you lost… for suffering the pain of combat so the rest of us could enjoy the fruits of freedom and security. I have relatives who have fought in every war back to the Revolutionary War (that far back is on my wife’s side of the family), so this is a most poignant and heart-felt day for our family and me and this small tribute is but a pittance of what our warriors are due. Thank you for my freedom and for keeping our country safe. You truly are heroes – even if you don’t think you are!Thom

nice tribute.

Thank you Thom! Lovely tribute.

And my mom, 2nd LT. Army Nurse Corps in WW2! Thanks Thom! The Army Nurse Corp, SADLY, IS OFTEN FORGOTTEN!

@ Dry- not by the Veterans I’m sure! But you are right, that the Army Nurses get overlooked all to often.

Thank you, Thom.

Thanks to all of our veterans—past and present. And thank you, Thom, for a lovely tribute!