Tyler served and ultimately gave his life because he believed it would make the world safe for his children. My right to vote is derived from his service and that of those who served before him. I'm grateful to him and to all who serve today and will serve tomorrow.
My father served over 20 years in the Army and I understood early what dedication and loyalty was. My father was in the Korean War and Vietnam Conflict. He gave of himself to serve what he believed in and to also protect his beloved United States and his family.
I am very proud of my Son Tim for serving in the Military.
York County Militia Private, Bunker Hill, from Dean C. Jenkins. President, Society of Massachusetts Sons of the Revolution.
Thank you for your courage to serve this great country to protect our freedom. You are my hero!
Thomas Gould enlisted in Company 1 of the 16th Maine Volunteers on July 19th, 1862 and served till June 5 of 1865, being honorably discharged with the rank of Sergeant. He returned with a recurring case of malaria, and suffered all his long life from what today we would call PTSD. Read about his life in "A Maine Man in the Making," by his son, Franklin F. Gould.
My father was in the Army Air Corp and served in Europe. He was a navigator on a bomber flying from Italy to bomb the city of Dresden, Germany. On his last mission in November 1944, his plane was shot down over Czechoslovakia. A farmer picked him up and brought him to a village office. The Germans sent SS officers to transport him to Berlin for interrogation. All of the soldiers on his plane made it home safely from the war though my father did not see any of them until many years later, in the 1990's in Florida (he had a ME FORMER POW license plate.
I honor my uncle Thomas Bouchard. He was willing to give his life to save his comrades and to serve his country. May no one forget the sacrifices made by our Veterans!
I would like to honor my father. He served in The Army Air Force in North Africa. He was a Flight Engineer on a B-25 named "Double Trouble". Dad was a "Super Patriot" and loved his country.
When World War II tolled around Bill Watson of Westbrook, Maine desperately wanted to go with his friends. He was found to have a critical civilian occupation and refused the right to enlist.
