Veterans Day

A few gave all for their country...

They were brothers, sisters, daughters, sons, mothers,fathers, and grandparents. I know today will be full of tributes, of day long honoring of those who have served our country. This remembrance is important but not at the expense of the other 364.Did you know about one in four homeless people are Veterans. By removing the barriers to housing combined with faster access to affordable housing we can do something about this social injustice, and we don't have to wait for a holiday either. We are talking about nearly 200,000 people at any one time . On any given day. Even today. Perhaps especially today.
There is a lot of talk in the field about how we will be able to accommodate all the men and women who will be returning from combat. We've seen so many soldiers in trouble already and there's still a long way to go. All of us who have supported this war-will we support the ones who fought it

My third greatgrandfather a railroad conductor was granted a commission and served under Grant before Grant was promoted to Commander of the Union forces. Meanwhile serving under him was another grand father Anthony Thomas Manning. I wonder if they ever met or knew their families would be joined in later generations. In my memory were stories of war my Grandpa Loew told while serving in the Navy, my Aunt Etta May telling of quiting college to become a WAVE in WWII. She never did managed to finish college-life got in the way. My Uncle Freddy listed in the history books as firing the test Nucleat canon-Radiation damage that many felt lead to an early death. My mother's first and best love died on the Oklahoma, he wrote I Love you Pat on the bulk head. My mother in Hawaii at the time as a civilian worker for the Navy-watched the planes that bombed Pearl.

I had cousins who served in Vietnam, a war that changed them forever, a Father in Law who fought in Korea and a husband who volunteered in the Navy. In almost all of these cases they put aside personal wealth and gain-to serve.

In my Family thank you to:

Captian . George Henry Dunning Union-Civil War

Mjr Anthony Manning-Union Civil War

Wilbur Loew- WWI Navy Petty Officer

Robert Loew -Marine Vietnam

Timothy DeBoer Navy-Korean War-

Etta May Manning WAVE WWII

Fredrick Manning

Bill Dunning Col Marine Corp

Jim Dunning Marine

Robert Dun- Navy WWII

John Coggin-Navy WWII

Tim DeBoer -Navy Petty Officer

Skip Coggin-Army Vietnam

David Darby-Army Special Forces Vietnam

Richard Popma Navy

Freind- Special Forces Kerrigan