Salute to Veterans, November 11, 2008

November 11, 1917, marked the end of "Mr. Wilson's War." "Armistice Day" became "Veteran's Day" to honor veterans of all of our wars.

Thank God for the American "Dough Boy" of WW I.

Shall Never Forget These Heroes of All of Our Wars Who Kept Us A Free People.

Three times in the gospels, Jesus said, And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. (Matthew 24:6)

And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. (Mark 13:7)

But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by. (Luke 21:9)

WW I Memorial, Kansas City, Missouri.

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Pastor Bulldog's father was an Officer of Field Artillery in France in WW I, and volunteered for the new Air Force Wing of the Army and crashed on take-off. But his guns "gave 'em hell" before he ended his air force career. Just before Pearl Harbor he was medically discharged from the Indiana National Guard with the rank of Colonel.

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Pastor Bulldog was under age for the Navy in WW II, and enlisted in the U.S. Maritime Service, which took him if he could breathe and raise his right hand; trained by the Coast Guard, sailed in the Atlantic, through the Panama Canal and the Pacific and later joined U.S. Regular Army.
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Fact Sheet:
America's Wars & Veterans
. American Revolution (1775-1783)
Total Servicemembers .....217,000
Battle Deaths .....4,435
. War of 1812 (1812-1815)
Total Servicemembers.....286,730
Battle Deaths.....2,260
. Indian Wars (approx. 1817-1898)
Total Servicemembers.....106,000
Battle Deaths.....1,000
. Mexican War (1846-1848)
Total Servicemembers.....78,718
Battle Deaths.....1,733
Other Deaths in Service.....11,550
. Civil War (1861-1865)
Total U.S. Servicemembers (Union).....2,213,363
Battle Deaths (Union).....140,414
Other Deaths (In Theater) (Union).....224,097
Total Servicemembers (Conf.) (note 2) .....1,050,000
Battle Deaths (Confederate) (note 3) .....74,524
Other Deaths (In Theater) (Confed.) (note 3, 4).....59,297
. Spanish-American War (1898-1902)
Total Servicemembers (Worldwide).....306,760
Battle Deaths.....385
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater).....2,061
. World War I (1917-1918)
Total Servicemembers (Worldwide)....4,734,991
Battle Deaths.....53,402
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater).....63,114
Living Veterans.....1
World War II (1941-1945)
Total Servicemembers (Worldwide).....16,112,566
Battle Deaths.....291,557
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater).....113,842
Living Veterans (note 5).....2,306,000
. Korean War (1950-1953)
Total Servicemembers (Worldwide).....5,720,000
Battle Deaths.....33,741
Other Deaths (In Theater).....2,833
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater).....17,672
Living Veterans.....2,307,000
. Vietnam War (1964-1975)
Total Servicemembers (Worldwide) ....8,744,000
Deployed to Southeast Asia .....3,403,000
Battle Deaths .....47,424
Other Deaths (In Theater) .....10,785
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) .....32,000
Living Veterans (note 5, 10).....7,125,000
. Desert Shield/Desert Storm (1990-1991)
Total Servicemembers (Worldwide).....2,322,000
Deployed to Gulf.....694,550Battle Deaths.....147
Other Deaths (In Theater).....235
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater).....1,590
Living Veterans (note 5, 10).....2,269,000
. America's Wars
Total U.S. Military Service During War.....41,891,368
Battle Deaths.....651,030
Other Deaths (In Theater).....308,800
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater).....230,279
Living War Veterans.....17,456,000
Living Veterans (War & Peacetime).....23,442,000
Source: Department of Defense (DoD), except
living veterans, which are VA estimates as of Sept. 2008.

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And he shall judge among the nations,

and shall rebuke many people:

and they shall beat their swords into plowshares,

and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. (Isaiah 2:4)