HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Happy Thanksgiving,

Blessed are those that can give without remembering and receive without forgetting.
-- Author Unknown

Thank you, Anna, for all that you have done to make contributions to everyone on the site as well!

That goes for all the helpful and up-front posters!

Have a great holiday!

Turkey ala King is good too; it's made like Chicken ala King only you use diced up turkey.

Sure can.

When I was in the military, we called it S.O.S. S___ On a Shingle. . . .

Terry said that was his favorite mean when he was in the Marine Corps. He said he was the only one who liked it. I made it for him just last week.

Well, I happen to love SOS, especially the breakfast sos. . . which for those in the south is basically browned ground sausage meat in pepper gravy.

mmm--mmm--mmmmm.

But one of my husband's favorite "fend for ourselves" meals is shredded Armor Chipped beef in that same pepper gravy.

Hehe. No, just me. And it really ticks me off, too, because he continually gets all sorts of veterans junk mail, and I don't! Things like honorary memberships "just for vets," or special offers, "just for vets," and they always come in HIS name, not mine! DOH!

He thinks it's pretty funny.

Plus, he's about 8 years younger than I, so there's no way he was even eligible for military service during the Vietnam era, and many of these "special" offers are for Vietnam-era vets, which I am!

He did do something special for me one year, though. Our city put up a memorial in one of our parks for military, active duty, vets, both alive and deceased. He made a donation to the memorial and had my name, service (US Army Security Agency) and years of service engraved on a brick paver for the pathway through the memorial garden.

He just took me and the kids out there one day and we were walking around, then he stopped and said, "Hey, don't you know her?" and pointed down to the brick.

Needless to say, it made me cry and was probably the most special gift he has ever given me!

How many years ago? It would have to be quite a few because the Army Security Agency is now defunct, absorbed into Military Intelligence. In 1979-81 I was working as the USASA liaison with the National Security Agency in Ft. Meade, MD, so if it was in that time frame, our paths may have indeed crossed!

Michelle and Mary... you're both examples of what it takes now, during these times, to make an Association run--and run properly. Guts, bravery, smarts, courage, discipline, respect, foresight, and honesty.

ALL tributes and expectations for Board Members....and required by the great military branches of our country.

Michelle...your story touched my heart.