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Military Appreciation Karma >>> Winner = wishfull thinker <<<

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May 23, 2024, 03:58 PM
jam0
Military Appreciation Karma >>> Winner = wishfull thinker <<<
I'm in. USMC '93-97
Semper Fi
May 23, 2024, 04:01 PM
BigJoe
Would like to enter.
Father served Army in Vietnam
Grandfather served in WW2


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May 23, 2024, 04:03 PM
gojoe
Thank you for the generous Karma.
USAF 82-93
May 23, 2024, 04:16 PM
rushfan65
I'm in for your generous Karma. US Army 83-92, wife served in the Army from 83-89 and my dad was US Army in Korea during the Korean War.
May 23, 2024, 04:24 PM
fiasconva
Great Karma! Even though I served in the AF during Vietnam I never went over there or saw any combat. I'll decline my entry and save it for someone who is a combat veteran. Thanks again.



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May 23, 2024, 05:38 PM
armme
Personnel: United States Military, mostly Army, some Air Force. Most formidable military on the planet.

Location: Kandahar Airbase, Afghanistan Dining Facility.

Date: Fall 2004

Situation: Conveyor belt style toaster available to make your own toast. Put bread on moving screen over heating elements it travels through machine and is dumped upside down down a little chute back to you.

Point of story: Sign taped to the wall above the toaster reads - Do Not Put Cheese in the Toaster!

For some reason I laugh out loud when I remember this.

Thanks for the chance! You're so generous.
May 23, 2024, 05:59 PM
walker77
Please include me. My father was in the USMC in the mid 50's.
May 23, 2024, 06:11 PM
odin
Thanks for your generous karma! Please add me in..... Army National Guard for 10 years......
May 23, 2024, 06:22 PM
Ozarkwoods
Awesome karma both my uncles served in the Air Force.

FIL was a Pearl Harbor survivor. He was on the USS Neosho that was a tanker which was fully loaded with fuel. They arrived into port the night before. The captain received the Navy Cross for moving the ship out of harbor during the attack. The Neosho was later sunk in the battle of the corral sea. Only a few survivors he was one of them. They took turns in the life boat while others hung on the side. The ship was partially above surface and they were able to to swim into a hole that allowed them to get supplies. The Australian Navy rescued them. 4 days after being hit.


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May 23, 2024, 06:38 PM
john crusher
Please add me, U.S.Army disabled/retired '74-'79
May 23, 2024, 06:46 PM
ace73
Please add me and thank you Q!
Air Force 73-80
May 23, 2024, 06:50 PM
navyshooter


Thanks for the chance Q

U.S. Navy 25 years




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May 23, 2024, 07:06 PM
thumbbreak
Thanks Q!
Dad Served in the Air Force during Vietnam '66-'69
Both went to the Citadel '71 and '95 (not Military but interesting, maybe)
May 23, 2024, 07:09 PM
Kuglespritz
Very generous of you. U.S Army paratroopers 1984-1987.
May 23, 2024, 07:09 PM
chbibc
Thank you for this generous Karma. Below is Robert Black Baumer, a relative I never knew (was my father's cousin). 51 missions over Europe in WWII. Flew in B-29s in Korea, shot down 6-10-52 over what is now N. Korea. Declared MIA, presumed dead, 1954.


And my father, who passed away 8 years ago. I think this photo is from around 1941, his Navy training days at Cornell University. WWII interrupted college for him, and he served on LSTs in the Pacific Theater. Perhaps the greatest influence in my life, I think about him every day.



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May 23, 2024, 07:33 PM
SSgt USMC/Vet
Thank you for the chance.

SSgt USMC 1977-1985
May 23, 2024, 07:52 PM
OttoSig
Q,

Please don't count me in as I'm thinning my handgun collection, but thank you for always recognizing folks.





10 years to retirement! Just waiting!
May 23, 2024, 08:07 PM
95flhr
I served in the USAF 1980-1989.

Thank you sir for your generosity.




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― Ronald Reagan

Retired old fart
May 23, 2024, 08:38 PM
64dodge
Dad hiked from France all the way to Berlin. 1943-1945.
May 23, 2024, 09:30 PM
sigspecops
USN 90-94. Thanks again for an awesome karma.


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