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Letters wanted: Thank our veterans for their service

by Alisha Semchuk tributes to military veteran family members and war zones, these servicemen depended on each mine, harvested crops or holds a medical de-
staff writer friends, and have them published on the Aero- other for survival. Their race and/or their reli- gree, in the military they all were comrades in
techNews.com website. It is a way to publicly gion didn’t matter. Their family roots, planted arms. We talk about equality. Where can you
History is important to us at Aerotech News acknowledge and thank our veterans for the du- in a wide variety of nations, didn’t matter. They find more common ground than in the military?
and Review. ties they performed in times of war and times of were united as Americans. Not to politicize this, We’re at the start of the holiday season, with
We believe that when we remember and peace; the services which ensured the freedoms because it doesn’t matter whether the veteran Veterans’ Day approaching, followed by a “day
honor the past, we can provide inspiration for that we enjoy and sometimes take for granted. was a declared Republican, Democrat or Amer- that will live in infamy,” as stated by the late
the future. These “thank you” letters can be written to de- ican Independent, but they all set a standard President Franklin D. Roosevelt, when bombs
As Veterans Day approaches, our thoughts ceased veterans or those still living, but the idea eventually reflected in the words of the late
turn to the historical significance of the sac- is to recognize their contributions. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, when he dropped on Pearl Harbor. Letters can come now
rifices made on behalf of our country by our It’s important, at this time, and because of all said, “Ask not what your country can do for you and also throughout the year for other events
men and women in uniform. Inspired by local the civil unrest that seems to be tearing America — ask what you can do for your country.” What like Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Father’s
community veteran appreciation events such as apart, to remember: United we stand, divided began as a focus on male relatives expanded Day, Mother’s Day or your veteran’s birthday.
the AV Wall and this year’s Healing and Honor we fall. That applies to everybody. This let- to include females, whether they served as a Send your submissions via email to vetletters.
Field in Palmdale, we at Aerotech have often ter writing project is meant to simply remind nurse treating military personnel injured in the aerotech@gmail.com. In the subject line write
discussed creating some kind of online tribute/ people of what it took to build up this nation. field, or if they worked in an office or at supply Veterans Appreciation Letters, VAL. In the
acknowledgement for our military veterans — So it’s a letter to a loved one. It shines a posi- bases. The fact is, they too did their part for the body of the letter include your veteran’s name,
a place where family and friends would have tive light on the citizenry of the United States, war effort. So the letter you write can honor a relationship to you, branch of military service,
the opportunity to submit tributes to their loved a thank you note, a reminder not to forget the spouse of any gender, a fiancee, a parent, a son date served, and your name.
ones and acknowledge their appreciation for past. With so much racial tension existing these or daughter, a sibling, a grandparent, an aunt,
their service to our country. With this in mind, days, the key to this project looks at the veter- uncle or cousin — someone dear to your heart.
we would like to introduce the Aerotech News ans throughout the years who served side-by- That relative of yours is in good company.
Veteran Appreciation Letters project. side, working as a team to have each other’s Did you know that 26 of the 45 U.S. presi-
Veterans Appreciation Letters, aka VAL, will backs during life and death situations — the no- dents served in the military, beginning with
provide an opportunity for our readers to create tion of “no man left behind.” On battlefields, in George Washington, leader of our Revolution-
ary Army. James Monroe entered the Army at
age 17, where he sustained serious wounds, but
survived. Andrew Jackson began his service at
age 13 as a messenger during the Revolutionary
War. Harry S. Truman fought overseas in World
War I. Dwight D. Eisenhower commanded Al-
lied Forces on D-Day. John F. Kennedy became
a hero in World War II after his patrol boat was
cut in half by a Japanese ship. George H.W.
Bush was shot down in the Pacific during World
War II. He flew 58 combat missions.Whether
your veteran sat in the Oval Office — the high-
est position in the nation — worked in a coal

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