VETERANS DAY 2010
November 11th is a holiday that all Americans should know about. And that day is called Veterans Day. U.S.A. deaths are combined with Canada deaths. That is the information I found on a website.
In WWI a total of 8.5 million people were killed, 21 million were wounded, and 7 million were POWS. We only have one WWI veteran still living as of today and his name is Frank Buckles. He is 109 years of age. (Please do note, these were all forces and nations.)
In WWII a total of 18,743,000 people died. 500,000 U.S. Military Men died. We have about 2 million veterans still alive as of today.
The Vietnam War we had 58,159 die, 1,719 missing, 303,635 wounded. North Vietnam had the most deaths.
Korean War: 36,516 dead (including 2,830 non-combat deaths) , 92,134 wounded , 8,176 MIA
7,245 POW
Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers
The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldiers is in Arlington National Cemetery. This is located in Virginia. What this man is doing is honoring the people who died in the 1700's - 1975. This is event is about 30 minutes long. If you ever have been to the cemetery you would see how strict the process is. He screams as a drill sergeant. He tells the whole crowd to be completely silent and you must not make any distractions. The uniform he is wearing is a very special uniform that you have to be nominated to wear. While you are in this uniform you can not do anything that is violating the rules in that uniform. A big one is drinking alcohol. It is a privilege to be in that uniform.
If you were to see his shoes up close you would probably see your reflection. That is how much formal the man is. They always do it at 2 AM everyday. They will also do this in any weather.
Arlington National Cemetery
We have a lot of importance people who are buried in Arlington. The most important people are;
John F. Kennedy
William Howard Taft
John F. Kennedy's grave is very special. The reason why is because he has a flame that will never go out. It has been through one of the toughest storms and still made it. Also his brother Robert F. Kennedy is buried in the cemetery.
Any former member of the Armed Forces who has been awarded one of the following decorations:
* Medal of Honor
* Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, or Air Force Cross
* Distinguished Service Medal
* Silver Star
* Purple Heart
The reason why they do that is because they have so much limited space.
The ending
If you like to read more information about what I posted please look it up on the World Wide Web. I'm pretty sure you can find more information. You can also talk to your grandparents or anybody you know who has served the Military. It doesn't matter what they have done but they might have a story that you may find interesting. You can also even try going to retirement homes and maybe seeing some veterans or going to a Military base to see if they are honoring the veterans. A veteran can be anybody who has served any branch of the Military. It doesn't mean if you shoot a guy and kill somebody.
Please don't think Veterans Day is all about staying home for a day and not even caring about people who fight and fight just to make us a better country. If you are going to reply saying that nobody is a veteran I bet you that somebody is. Might be somebody important that you don't even know about!
Happy Veterans day!
Edit: Made some errors. Sorry!
November 11th is a holiday that all Americans should know about. And that day is called Veterans Day. U.S.A. deaths are combined with Canada deaths. That is the information I found on a website.
In WWI a total of 8.5 million people were killed, 21 million were wounded, and 7 million were POWS. We only have one WWI veteran still living as of today and his name is Frank Buckles. He is 109 years of age. (Please do note, these were all forces and nations.)
In WWII a total of 18,743,000 people died. 500,000 U.S. Military Men died. We have about 2 million veterans still alive as of today.
The Vietnam War we had 58,159 die, 1,719 missing, 303,635 wounded. North Vietnam had the most deaths.
Korean War: 36,516 dead (including 2,830 non-combat deaths) , 92,134 wounded , 8,176 MIA
7,245 POW
Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers
The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldiers is in Arlington National Cemetery. This is located in Virginia. What this man is doing is honoring the people who died in the 1700's - 1975. This is event is about 30 minutes long. If you ever have been to the cemetery you would see how strict the process is. He screams as a drill sergeant. He tells the whole crowd to be completely silent and you must not make any distractions. The uniform he is wearing is a very special uniform that you have to be nominated to wear. While you are in this uniform you can not do anything that is violating the rules in that uniform. A big one is drinking alcohol. It is a privilege to be in that uniform.
If you were to see his shoes up close you would probably see your reflection. That is how much formal the man is. They always do it at 2 AM everyday. They will also do this in any weather.
Arlington National Cemetery
We have a lot of importance people who are buried in Arlington. The most important people are;
John F. Kennedy
William Howard Taft
John F. Kennedy's grave is very special. The reason why is because he has a flame that will never go out. It has been through one of the toughest storms and still made it. Also his brother Robert F. Kennedy is buried in the cemetery.
Any former member of the Armed Forces who has been awarded one of the following decorations:
* Medal of Honor
* Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, or Air Force Cross
* Distinguished Service Medal
* Silver Star
* Purple Heart
The reason why they do that is because they have so much limited space.
The ending
If you like to read more information about what I posted please look it up on the World Wide Web. I'm pretty sure you can find more information. You can also talk to your grandparents or anybody you know who has served the Military. It doesn't matter what they have done but they might have a story that you may find interesting. You can also even try going to retirement homes and maybe seeing some veterans or going to a Military base to see if they are honoring the veterans. A veteran can be anybody who has served any branch of the Military. It doesn't mean if you shoot a guy and kill somebody.
Please don't think Veterans Day is all about staying home for a day and not even caring about people who fight and fight just to make us a better country. If you are going to reply saying that nobody is a veteran I bet you that somebody is. Might be somebody important that you don't even know about!
Happy Veterans day!
Edit: Made some errors. Sorry!
