Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for November 10, 2019

Remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedom!

Thank you Jim

Thanks, Jim! I’m not a veteran, but I certainly appreciate you honoring them thru this media!

It used to be a celebration of the end of war.

Remembering my Dad, who came home and lived 64 more years.

Now it’s Veteran’s Day – tomorrow, that is!

My dad enlisted in the late 30s and then came December 7, 1941. he actually had all his shots for the Pacific, then got redirected to Europe. He pasted at the age of 95.

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Veterans Day and Remembrance Day. Thank you for your service, one and all.

i thought walt was in the army not the navy

Remember, Walt is supposed to be a World War I vet.

Walt, that’s because it was the day (month, day and hour) the armistice took effect in WWI. It was renamed Veteran’s day in 1954 to honor veterans of all wars, not just “the war to end all wars” (which it obviously didn’t).

I remember Walt Kelly channeled through Pogo how he preferred Armistice Day to Veteran’s Day … By ANY name, we honor them ALL!!

I was born in 1950 and remember people who called it Armistice Day long past 1954.

Veterans Ray is more inclusive, but still backs up on the people who were on the home front. Rationing, women’s clubs, mothers going to the factories to make what was needed, blue stars and Gold Stars in the windows, all in support of our veterans.

Thank you, Veterans, for your service and your sacrifices.