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We should remember our veterans every day
Published November 12, 2009
Some very special people sat in the auditorium of Collins Elementary School Wednesday.
Wednesday was Veterans Day. Every day should be Veterans Day.
On this day, though, a special Veterans Day program was held at the school. Raymond Brandon, Commander of VFW Post 6073 called it a special day.
Indeed.
Each year, when they ask World War II veterans to stand to be recognized, the number gets a little smaller. Or as Rayford Potter says, “it’s getting thin.”
Potter served in the South Pacific during World War II. Today, at age 89, he still stays busy, working a few days a week at Luckys in Scottsboro.
“Without [World War II veterans], there’s no telling where we would be,” said Brandon.
They move a little slower each day, yet they are still treasures to us, such as Mark Scott Skelton and Charles Bradford.
The same can be said for all veterans, who left home to go what seemed a million miles away. They’ve stood in jungles, snow and sand risking their lives so we can enjoy the very things we take for granted each day.
And while the World War II veterans are becoming thinner with each day, the Korean War veterans and Vietnam veterans aren’t getting any younger either.
And then there are the ones who died fighting for their country.
Veterans Day is a special day. But it’s not the only day we should remember and honor our veterans.
And think of the ones who are still fighting for us today.
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