Thankful For
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We’re thankful for the fact that we’re here. It could have very easily gone the other way. It could be us that didn’t come home. It’s not Veteran’s Day or Memorial Day, it’s not the 4th of July…it’s Thanksgiving. And I for one am really thankful I’m here. I’m thankful that I have brothers and sisters that did make it home. I’m thankful for my leadership while I was in. Despite what normal bitches and moans a lowly Lance Corporal may have, I had great leaders.
I’m thankful that I’m here though mostly because as I said earlier, I could have just as easily not come home. Questions like “Why me?” haunt me every so often, a bad case of survivors guilt I was told. But now, as I age and as the war, I fought in feels like an entire lifetime ago, I will sit at a house surrounded by friends and family. Some who I like all the time, some who I like some of the time, but all loved. I will be thankful that I am here.
I will always miss the warriors who never came home. I will miss friends whose minds did not come home. Men and women I consider family, but somehow lost to me, at least as I knew them. I am glad to have known them, but I know now, whether they are looking down on me from above or up at me from below, that they smile knowing that I am enjoying life.
I hope that you who are still here are thankful that you’re here. Like it or not we’re connected to each other forever and the actions of one still affect us all. So I hope that if you feel guilt, if you feel pain, if you feel loss…I hope that this Thanksgiving you are thankful to be here, for you. Because this is the world of the living and through our lives, we will honor our fallen brethren.
Im happy you are home, We pray for those who didn’t make the trip and those who did and their families
My family is blessed to have had your effort and commitment to defend and protect us
as so many have done before you, including my Dad Master Seargent Frank Yevchak
US Army mechanized armor division WWII Europe 1942-1945, Ended up in Pattons 3rd,
only late in life was his PTSD recognized , and only after he agreed he needed help.
A great Dad amazing husband. We miss him every day, he made it to 88 years old and typical of his generation faced death with bravery and grace. My family prays for you all, thank you for your service to our great Country , I only have one regret in life, That I never had the chance to wear the uniform and serve as you and your brethren have. So from the Yevchak Family in Ridgewood, NJ
My lovely wife and two children 14 year ole Olivia and 11 year old Christopher, and the two English bulldogs, God bless you all and thank you. Mike Yevchak 61 year old, president Ramsey Rescue Squad
Incredibly valueable and greatful words. I am thankful fir your company being successful, message helps many veterans.
Amen
Very well spoken, thank you
Very well said!
We are forever connected, having served by choice, having stood in the gap and declared ‘not on my watch’. I am grateful for the opportunity to have served, to choose for myself what path I strode. I am grateful to know I had what I needed, that I found my core and it is steel. Because I served, I learned that I can achieve anything I set my mind to.
We are set apart from the ordinary, we who chose to serve, and for this I am especially grateful.
Thank you for your service. Happy Thanksgiving.
I’m very thankful this year!! I’m thankful for men and women like you, because through it all you still see Humanity in our world. I’m very Thankful for your service, which has made it possible for me to be Thankful !!
Thank you for saying what needs to be said in a time when survivors tell the truth !
Thank you for your service and such nice words for your brothers and sisters you met and paths crossed. Never Forget 🇺🇸
Amen, well said. Nothing more true than those who don’t make it. Whether they come home or not. The toll taken, is too great a price.God Bless those serving and those living, those who paid the most.
Thank you. Spoken like a true warrior. I served and now have a son serving. God bless our men and women going into harms way.