Posted on Nov 25, 2015
How was Thanksgiving Through The Years And Wars celebrated?
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I hope everyone's Thanskgiving was a pleasant one and I wanted to share this old post about how
Thanksgiving Through The Years And Wars was celebrated?
Let's not forget those men and women that were deployed this Thanksgiving and celebrated it away from home in serivce of our nation.
Great piece on the Thanksgiving Holiday and how veterans of the past celebrated this holiday! Check out the pictures and video.
RP Members do you have any stories to share?
I can remember when deployed serving the troops on Thanksgiving Day!
I hope everyone's Thanskgiving was a pleasant one and I wanted to share this old post about how
Thanksgiving Through The Years And Wars was celebrated?
Let's not forget those men and women that were deployed this Thanksgiving and celebrated it away from home in serivce of our nation.
Great piece on the Thanksgiving Holiday and how veterans of the past celebrated this holiday! Check out the pictures and video.
RP Members do you have any stories to share?
I can remember when deployed serving the troops on Thanksgiving Day!
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Thank you Colonel Burroughs for the above post. My family enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving together. Having spent many Thanksgiving's away from home working or on military duty, I always think of those first responders who are not home for the holidays. I also have fond memories of my assignment during three years in the 1970's as the Battalion Support Platoon Leader / Dining Facility Officer decorating the Dining Facility, drawing the holiday class A ration, preparing it and serving it in the Mess Hall. The reaction of the troops was always worth the effort.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
MAJ Alan Reiter M.A. You're very welcome Alan and thanks for sharing your memories!
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MAJ Alan Reiter M.A.
I am very grateful and blessed this Thanksgiving day. I am together with family and the people I love. We are safe and in good health. There is a warm home and lots of food, the traditional Thanksgiving meal. My thoughts go to those who are not as fortunate as myself, especially the homeless and service members overseas and on station protecting our nation as well as our first responders. I wish all my family and friends as well as those not as fortunate to be with their families, a wonderful Thanksgiving day with no less than what I am blessed with.
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Man I have had some good ones! From hitting every MKT In the dust bowel at NTC, to candle lit MRE's with my hubby. To turkey loaf in the Stan with my awesome ops crew, to having junior Soldiers over for dinner this Thanksgiving! Thanks for bringing back all those memories!
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs I've always been with family and friends back home. This holiday season, I am away from them all but I take comfort being on this remote tour with some of the best Airmen in the world!
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
TSgt Joe C. I completely understand the felling of not being with the family on Thanksgiving my friend. God Bless you and thanks for your conitnued service to this country!
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
Maj Marty Hogan It brings back great memories and allows all the younger service members (including myself) to see how those who came before us put a smile on their face to enjoy the Thanksgiving celebration and tradition no matter where they were or bad the conditions are. This should be run these photos on National Television, so the spoiled students protesting on their parents hard earned dollars or free money in Pell Grants from our Federal Government can see how easy they have it and what so many Americans gave to give them the right to be stupid on a daily basis across this country! Just my two cents on that Marty!
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Maj Marty Hogan
COL Mikel J. Burroughs - Agreed. I count myself extremely lucky- in 33 years I have missed several, but know my family was safe and others made a bigger deal out of it than we did. I did an interview after a deployment that we returned after and the reporter asked how it felt to miss holidays. I replied: "It's my job. It is not the holidays- but the birthdays, anniversaries, the recitals, the sport games, parent-teacher conferences, sunrises/sunsets- a holiday is another day of many." I left it there and walked to get my bags. My kids were in school at the time and my wife was working. I had been gone for 75 days and walked to my car myself. Another day in the life. These pics should be required "reading" in grade school so kids can learn to appreciate what they do have.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
Sgt Kelli Mays Thank you Kelli! It was relaxing and I spenmd time with my Borther and his family up on Longmont, CO. I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day as well.
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I sure remember the great Thanksgiving dinner at Da Nang, Viet Nam in 1968 even stateside the Airman Dining Halls serve a great Thanksgiving dinner. While stationed in Hawaii a friend of mine who was a Major in the USMC had me and another friend of mine for two years in a row spend time with His family for Thanksgiving dinner. That was so great ! Another Base an Aunt and Uncle that lived near the base had Me over for Thanksgiving dinner. I enjoyed each and every one of those meals !
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I remember two Thanksgivings in a row I was inside a Scott Tent with the Preway heater going and cans of C-Rats on the the top to heat. I remember thinking about who the Dumb A was that scheduled the traverse to resupply a science group at Marble Point or wherever. When we showed up, they talked about the turkey etc. they ate that was delivered by the Huey. Those were the days the military was considered a necessary evil to run a bunch of the Antarctic operations. Only the science gods were allowed to wear the red USARP jackets.
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