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A DATE TO REMEMBER
A War Hero Story Cpl. Ian T. Zook
23 August 1980 – 12 October 2004
By Chuck Johnson MSG/U S Army (Ret)
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he date is November 11, 2013 and it is called ‘Veterans Day’.
It is a day set aside to give our thanks to the thousands of men and woman who have served and continue to serve in our nations military and remember those who made that supreme sacrifice. This should not just be another day where some may have the day off from work or a day to start up the BBQ grill. This should be a day when we stop, take a moment and remember we’re a free nation because of the sacrifice of so many who asked for so little. A little history. It all started in World War 1. Fighting had ceased some seven months 76
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previous when the armistice between the Allied Forces and Germany had gone into effect. Actually the fighting had halted on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. For that reason November 11th 1918 is generally known to many as the end of ‘the war to end all wars “. In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of what was called ‘Armistice Day’ by speaking the following. “ To us in America,the reflections of Armistice will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in this countries service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show the sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations.” CONTINUE TO NEXT PAGE