A War Veteran’s Salute, 2013

“The base of all of this is that each and every one of our veterans had a tremendous sense of duty, honor and country. I would hope young people today understand those are not just words, those are values” Governor Ted KulonGosKi

usMC

“They might like to remember there were guys like me who could get things done when the chips were down”

leonard deWiTT WWii – Korea, d.s.C. & PurPle HearT

“I did what I wanted to do, which was to go over and take care of these young men. And that’s what I did; me and a group of other people. A good piece of work”

Minnie nida

WWii, 4 CaMPaiGns, Bronze sTar

aGe 101

“After all, we were 18, 19, 20 year old kids, I can’t to this day forget how horrific those scenes were”

alan lerTzMan Korea, PorK CHoP Hill

“There’s so many laying over there that gave it everything. Some people don’t want to believe it, but war is hell, and somebody has to do it and they should be remembered at all cost”

euGene evers Korea, P.o.W. – 14 MonTHs

“And those that put the uniform on and step up into harm’s way, they have to be recognized while they are here and they have to be recognized afterwards for what they did”

CHuCK lasardi Korea, 3 CaMPaiGn sTars

“When you die, you die twice, the first time when your physical body dies and the second time when the last person that remembered you dies”

louie nelson vieTnaM, Huey door Gunner

“I don’t ever want to forget my buddies who didn’t make it home, and it is a moral obligation to remember that”

vinCe JaCques iraq, Bronze sTar & PurPle HearT

“I did something my country asked me to do, I don’t think that’s a heroic act”

ryan HoWell iraq, 2 PurPle HearTs

“I’m not so worried about anyone remembering Mark Browning per se, as much as I would like people to remember that the Oregon National guard, Citizen Soldiers, came together to go do the greater good”

MarK BroWninG afGHanisTan, Bronze sTar

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Watch the amazing short film featuring each of these veterans.

http://www.youtube.comwatch%3Fv=OVyhq_vG_yc

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