Winning Words 11/12/12
“Don’t call me a hero.”  (Medivac soldier)  My wife’s uncle was a medic assigned to a WW2 troop ship, bringing the wounded back home.  She asked him, “Where were you last Christmas?”  He replied, “You wouldn’t want to know.”  Current Newsweek tells of  a Medivac team in Afghanistan who flew into enemy fire to rescue trapped SEALs.  The quote today is from one of the team.  Veterans’ Day honors the brave.    :-[  Jack

 FROM WALMART REV:  Salvation's Army on duty for another day spreading the Light in a darkened world under attack!////FROM JACK:  I guess that there are armies, and there are armies.
"Like a mighty army moves the church of God;      brothers, we are treading where the saints have trod.
    We are not divided, all one body we,      one in hope and doctrine, one in charity. "

 FROM SHARIN' SHARON:  Yours is an unexpected and realistic WW for today. My father served in World War II and up until his last decade when he was in his 70's never wanted to even talk about his experiences over there. Thanks for helping us all to remember today in a way that keeps us together really acknowledging what our service men and women have done for us in helping our neighbors all over the world and our country to endure and survive.////FROM JACK:  We don't always tell everything we've experienced, even to our closest friends.

 FROM BLAZING OAKS:  Our church honored a huge list of veterans from our congregation (living and deceased) starting with WWII;  It was a very long list,  with so many wars and "conflicts" , and that is just one church with an average congregation!! So much talent and potential lost. THEY ARE ALL HEROES!!  " When will we ever learn?  When will we ever learn?!"  as the "Where have all  the flowers Gone" folk song asks...////FROM JACK:  Veterans' Day is a very solemn occasion, but it doesn't seem the same as Armistice Day, when on November 11, at 11 am, we used to pause for a time of silence as school kids and give thanks for peace.  That was a solemn occasion, too.

 FROM MY FLORIST:  Armistice Day  The Treaty of Versailles, was signed in 1919 between the Germans and the Allies during the eleventh month, on the eleventh day, in the eleventh hour. ////FROM JACK:  Can you remember the date (let alone the time) of any peace treaty signed since that time?