Veterans Day 2012: Remembrance.

For November 11th, 2012, I asked Twitter users to tell me about the veterans they were remembering that day. This was the incredible response.

  1. On this Veterans Day, I remember my father, who served in the 1991 war against Iraq.
  2. On this Veterans Day, I remember my grandfather, who trained as a B-29 top-turret gunner in World War 2.
  3. On this Veterans Day, I remember my great-uncle Juan Idrogo, who served in the Gulf of Tonkin in the Vietnam War.
  4. On this Veterans Day, I remember my great-grandfather William Sumpter, who served in the Philippine Insurrection.
  5. On this Veterans Day, I remember my great-great uncle Roy Sumpter, who died on the Western Front.
  6. On this Veterans Day, I remember my great-great grandfather Sheridan Sabine, who fought for liberty and Union in the Civil War.
  7. On this Veterans Day, I remember my ancestor Thomas Copenhaver, who stormed redoubts for America at Yorktown.
  8. Send me the veterans you're remembering today, and I'll RT them all.
  9. @jstrevino my family veterans: Grandpa W., WWII pacific; Aunt Catherine, WWII; Uncle James, WWII Purple Heart; Uncle Cecil, KIA Korea..
  10. @jstrevino My Uncle John, Korea; Uncle Joe, VietNam; Uncle Vaughn, VietNam; and me, UNANC, Desert Storm
  11. @jstrevino My grandfather, Forest E. Brinson, naval veteran who served in WWII.
  12. @jstrevino my uncle Robert Connolly USMC Lebanon, my father Kenneth Connolly ARMY
  13. @jstrevino Me and my husband (Army, OIF), my dad (Army, Vietnam), Grandmother & father (Army, WWII), father-in-law (Navy, Vietnam)
  14. @jstrevino. Great Uncle Allen Donahue WWII, Korea, Vietnam SgtMaj USMC
  15. .@jstrevino My uncle, Thomas Patrick Seay, US Army, Vietnam, 1965-67 #veteransday
  16. @jstrevino I'm honoring both my parents. Retired Air Force Half Birds (Lt. Colonels for those not inside).
  17. @jstrevino The most amazing man I ever known - my father US ARMY MSG Edgar Adam Yohe, Jr., Vietnam veteran, died July 2010. Always remember.
  18. @jstrevino: My grandfather, Robert McClaren, US Navy, USS Bowie. 1944-1945.
  19. @jstrevino To my father Ben Jacobs and his brothers Lou & Jake who fought in the Pacific and Korea, & nephew Matt Savage who fought in Iraq.
  20. @jstrevino My son, Army Staff Sgt. Jesse Presson; 3 tours in Afghanistan, 1 in Iraq.
  21. @jstrevino My grandfather, Daniel Galanty, US Army, Europe & North Africa, 1943-1945.
  22. “@jstrevino:send me the veterans you're remembering today, & I'll RT it to every1” My 2 great Uncles are buried out on The Sommé fm WW1…

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To quote José Antonio Navarro: I will never forsake Texas or her cause. I am her son.

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