Say Thank You to a Veteran and their family

This is my dad Harold who fought in the Battle of the Bulge

Nov. 11  is Veterans Day.  Take a moment to consider what these men and women have given up to make sure our country stays free for all of us.   They are away from family, friends, their job and their home, many for the first time.  You may disagree on the conflicts and wars we have fought and still continue to fight but take that up with the elected officials when you vote.    Support those  soldiers and their families in what ever way you can. 

Bob, age 17

Here is a link to the history of Veterans Day. 

This interesting site tells of the loss of life and injury in the wars.  The chart below is from the above site and the numbers were last updated Sept. 2008.

America’s Wars Total   Battle Deaths…………………………………………651,030
Other Deaths (In Theater)………………………….308,800
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)………….230,279
Non-mortal Woundings…………………………..1,431,290
Living War Veterans…………………………….17,456,000
Living Veterans (War & Peacetime)…………23,442,000

U.S. Military Service During War…………….41,891,368

This list of wars is from http://www.cassiopaea.org/cass/uswars.htm

The American Revolution
1775-1783

The Indian Wars
1775-1890

Shay’s Rebellion
1786-1787

Rebellion
Anti-(state)Government Rebels vs. Massachusetts
The Whiskey Rebellion
1794

Rebellion
Anti-Tax Rebels in Western Pennsylvania
Quasi-War With France
1798-1800

Inter-State (Naval) War
France
Fries’s Rebellion “The Hot Water War”
1799

Rebellion
Anti-Tax Rebels in Pennsylvania
The Barbary Wars
1800-1815

Inter-State War
The Barbary States
(Tripoli, Algiers & Morocco)
The War of 1812
1812-1815

Inter-State War
Great Britain
The Growing & Troubled Republic
Primary Name of Conflict Dates of Conflict
(U.S. Involvement Only)
Type of Conflict Primary Opponent(s)
of the United States
Mexican-American War
1846-1848

Inter-State War
Mexico
U.S. Slave Rebellions
1800-1865

Slave Rebellions
Various Slave groups
“Bleeding Kansas”
1855-1860

Civil War (state of Kansas)
Pro-Slavery vs. Anti-Slavery Kansans
Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry
1859

Rebellion
Anti-Slavery Rebels (Led by John Brown)
United States Civil War
1861-1865

Civil War
United States (The North) vs. The Confederate States (The South)
U.S. Intervention in Hawaiian Revolution
1893

Internal Rebellion & Foreign Intervention
The Spanish-American War
1898

Inter-State War
U.S. Intervention in Samoan Civil War
1898-1899

Civil War & Foreign Intervention
U.S.-Philippine War
1899-1902

Colonial War, War of Imperialism
Boxer Rebellion
1900

Internal Rebellion & Foreign Intervention
Chinese Government & “Boxer” Rebels
The Moro Wars
1901-1913

Colonial Wars
Philippine Muslim Rebels
U.S. Intervention in Panamanian Revolution
1903

Secessionist Revolution & Foreign Intervention
Colombia
The Banana Wars
1909-1933

Civil Wars & Foreign Intervention
Various Rebel Groups In Central America
U.S. Occupation of Vera Cruz
1914

Inter-State War
Mexico
Pershing’s Raid Into Mexico
1916-1917

Inter-State, Border War
Mexican Government & Mexican Rebels (“Bandits”)
World War I
1917-1918 (American involvement only)

Inter-State War
Germany
Allied Intervention in Russian Civil War
1919-1921

Civil War & Foreign Intervention
Russian Bolshevik (Soviet) Government
World War II
1941-1945 (American involvement only)

Inter-State War
Germany, Japan & Italy
The Cold War
1945-1991

Global Inter-State Cold War
The Soviet Union & Communist China
The Korean War
1950-1953

Inter-State War
North Korea & China
The Second Indochina War “Vietnam War”
1956-1975

Civil War, Inter-State War
North Vietnam & South Vietnamese “Viet Cong” Rebels
U.S. Intervention in Lebanon
1958

Civil War & Foreign Intervention
No real foe for U.S. Troops landed to support Lebanon Gov.
Dominican Intervention
1965

Civil War & Foreign Intervention
Rebels in the Dominican Republic
The Mayaguez Rescue Operation
News Story 1975 (May 15)

Hostage Rescue & Inter-State Conflict
Khmer Rouge Guerrillas (the new government of Cambodia)
Iranian Hostage Rescue “Desert One” or “Operation Eagle Claw”
1980 (April 25)

Hostage Rescue & Inter-State Conflict
Iran
U.S. Libya Conflict
1981, 1986

Inter-State War
Libya
U.S. Intervention in Lebanon
1982-1984

Civil War,Foreign Intervention & Inter-State War
Syria & Various Muslim and Leftist Lebanese Militias
U.S. Invasion of Grenada
1983

Inter-State War
Marxist Grenadian Faction & Cuba
The Tanker War
“Operation Earnest Will”
1987-1988

Inter-State War
Iran
U.S. Invasion of Panama
1989

Inter-State War
Panama
Second Persian Gulf War “Operation Desert Storm”
1991

Inter-State War
Iraq
“No-Fly Zone” War
1991-2003

Inter-State War
Iraq
U.S. Intervention in Somalia
1992-1994

Civil War & Foreign Intervention
Various Somali Militias
NATO Intervention in Bosnia (Operation Deliberate Force) Summary
1994-1995

Civil War,Foreign Intervention & Inter-State War
Bosnian Serb Rebels
U.S. Occupation of Haiti
1994

Foreign Intervention
Haitian Government
U.S. Embassy bombings and strikes on Afghanistan and Sudan (The bin Laden War)
August, 1998

Terrorist Conflict
“Desert Fox” Campaign (part of U.S./Iraq Conflict)
December, 1998

Inter-State War
Iraq
Kosovo War
1999

Civil War, Foreign Intervention & Inter-State War
Yugoslavia/Serbia
Attack on the USS Cole
October 12, 2000

Terrorist Conflict
Terrorists associated with Osama bin Laden
Attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
September 11, 2001

Terrorist Conflict
Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida organization
Afghanistan War (Operation Enduring Freedom)
October 7, 2001-Present

War against Terrorism
The Taliban and Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaida organization
Third Persian Gulf War “Operation Iraqi Freedom”
March 19, 2003-Present