{"quotes":[{"text":"This country has not seen and probably will never know the true level of sacrifice of our veterans. As a civilian I owe an unpayable debt to all our military. Going forward let’s not send our servicemen and women off to war or conflict zones unless it is overwhelmingly justifiable and on moral high ground. The men of WWII were the greatest generation, perhaps Korea the forgotten, Vietnam the trampled, Cold War unsung and Iraqi Freedom and Afghanistan vets underestimated. Every generation has proved itself to be worthy to stand up to the precedent of the greatest generation. Going back to the Revolution American soldiers have been the best in the world. Let’s all take a remembrance for all veterans who served or are serving, peace time or wartime and gone or still with us. 11/11/16 May God Bless America and All Veterans.","author":"Thomas M Smith","tags":["afghanistan","airforce","america","army","coast-guard","coastguard","cold-war","combat","courage","freedom","honor","independence","iraq","korea","marine-corp","marines","memorial","memorial-day","military","navy","pj-s","rangers","revolution","revolutionary","sacrifice","seals","selflessness","service","socom","sof","veteran","veterans","vietnam","war"],"id":12582,"author_id":"Thomas+M+Smith"},{"text":"My career still strikes me as miraculous. That a boy raised on Marine bases in the South, taught by Roman Catholic nuns in backwater Southern towns that loathed Catholics, and completed his education with an immersion into The Citadel—the whole story sounds fabricated, impossible even to me. Maybe especially to me.","author":"Pat Conroy","tags":["citadel","gratitude","marines","pat-conroy","southern"],"id":14778,"author_id":"Pat+Conroy"},{"text":"To change one's field of influence is to change the course of one's life.","author":"Jenny Reese Clark","tags":["change","christian","direction","drugs","field","hope","influence-inspiration","influence","inspirational","life","marines","military","recovery"],"id":15907,"author_id":"Jenny+Reese+Clark"},{"text":"The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country.","author":"George S. Patton Jr.","tags":["air-force","army","country","marines","military","navy","patriotism","service","soldiers"],"id":16664,"author_id":"George+S.+Patton+Jr."},{"text":"America's finest - our men and women in uniform, are a force for good throughout the world, and that is nothing to apologize for.","author":"Sarah Palin","tags":["air-force","army","coast-guard","marines","military","navy","sorry"],"id":24058,"author_id":"Sarah+Palin"},{"text":"Your soul may belong to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the marines.","author":"Eugene B. Sledge","tags":["jesus","marines"],"id":24653,"author_id":"Eugene+B.+Sledge"},{"text":"It was easy to make fun of the marines when they weren't listening. In Holden's navy days, making fun of jarheads was as natural as cussing. But four marines had died getting him off the Donnager, and three of them had made a conscious decision to do so. Holden promised himself that he'd never make fun of them again.","author":"James S.A. Corey","tags":["jarhead","marines","military","sacrifice"],"id":26296,"author_id":"James+S.A.+Corey"},{"text":"Alyssa couldn’t tear her gaze from him as the firelight played over the hard edges of him. Once he’d been the poster boy for clean-cut military, now he’d gone all tatted up sexy danger.","author":"Jennifer Apodaca","tags":["marines","romantic-suspense"],"id":31417,"author_id":"Jennifer+Apodaca"},{"text":"In the simple moral maxim the Marine Corps teaches — do the right thing, for the right reason — no exception exists that says: unless there's criticism or risk. Damn the consequences.","author":"Josh Rushing","tags":["ethics","marine-corps","marines","maxim","right-and-wrong","usmc"],"id":64156,"author_id":"Josh+Rushing"},{"text":"WILL WORK FOR FOOD © 2013 Lyrics \u0026 Music by Michele JennaeThere he was with a cardboard sign, Will Work For Food Saw him on the roadside, As I took my kids to schoolI really didn’t have time to stop, Already running late Found myself pulling over, Into the hands of fate The look in his eyes was empty, But he held out his hand I knew my kids were watching, As I gave him all I had My heart in my throat I had to ask, “What brought you here?” He looked up and straight into my eyes, I wanted to disappear. CHORUS He said… Do you think I really saw myself, Standing in this light Forgotten by society, After fighting for your rights WILL WORK FOR FOOD, WILL DIE FOR YOU I AM JUST A FORGOTTEN SOLDIER, I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DOv. 2 He put the money in his pocket, Then he took me by the hand Thank you dear for stopping by, I am sure that you have plans He nodded toward my children, Watching from afar It’s time they were off to school, You should get in the car My eyes welled up and tears fell down, I couldn’t say a word Here this man with nothing to his name, Showing me his concern I knew then that the lesson, That today must be taught Wouldn’t come from textbooks, And it could not be bought CHORUS He said… Do you think I really saw myself, Standing in this light Forgotten by society, After fighting for your rights WILL WORK FOR FOOD, WILL DIE FOR YOU I AM JUST A FORGOTTEN SOLDIER, I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DOv. 3 I told him then that I had a job, That I could give him work And in return he’d have a meal, And something to quench his thirst He looked at me and shrugged a bit, And followed me to the car We went right over to a little café, Just up the road not too far After I ordered our food he looked at me, And asked about the kids “Shouldn’t these tykes be in school, And about that job you said.” “Your job,” I said, “is to school my girls, In the ways of the world Explain to them your service, And how your life unfurled.”He said… Do you think I really saw myself, Standing in this light Forgotten by society, After fighting for your rights WILL WORK FOR FOOD, WILL DIE FOR YOU I AM JUST A FORGOTTEN SOLDIER, I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DOv. 4He wasn’t sure quite what to do, As he ate his food And began to tell us all about his life… the bad… the good. He wiped his own tears from his eyes, His story all but done My girls and I all choked up, Hugged him one by one Understanding his sacrifice, But not his current plight We resolved then and there that day, That for him, we would fight. We offered him our friendship, And anything else we had He wasn’t sure how to accept it, But we made him understandLAST CHORUS That we had not really seen before, Him standing in the light No longer forgotten by us, We are now fighting for his rights He had… WORKED FOR FOOD HE HAD ALL BUT DIED FOR ME AND YOU NOT FORGOTTEN ANYMORE BUT STILL A SOLDIER IN TRUST.","author":"Michele Jennae","tags":["air-force","army","coast-guard","god-bless-america","marines","navy","peace","soldiers","veterans","war","warrior","welcome-home"],"id":73859,"author_id":"Michele+Jennae"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":37,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}