[Vision2020] A tribute to . . .

[Tom Hansen]

. . . Veterans Day



http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Veterans_Day/Armed_Forces_Logos.jpg

Air Force
http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Veterans_Day/Air_Force.mp3

Army
http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Veterans_Day/Army.mp3

Coast Guard
http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Veterans_Day/Coast_Guard.mp3

Marine Corps
http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Veterans_Day/Marine_Corps.mp3

Navy
http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Veterans_Day/Navy.mp3

“Ballad of the Green Berets”
http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Veterans_Day/Ballad_of_the_Green_Berets.mp3

“Nineteen”
http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Veterans_Day/Nineteen.mp3

“We Were Soldiers Once and Young” (a spoken prolog)
http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Veterans_Day/We_Were_Soldiers_Once_and_Young_Prolog.mp3

“White Cliffs of Dover”
http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Veterans_Day/White_Cliffs_of_Dover.mp3

And, of course, a couple favorite cadence calls . . .

“Around Her Head She Wore a Yellow Ribbon”
http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Veterans_Day/Around_Her_Head_She_Wore_a_Yellow_Ribbon.mp3

“Old King Cole”
http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Veterans_Day/Old_King_Cole.mp3

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In memory . . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiLklRJm7Mc

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When I was in the Army, assigned to the 802nd Engineer Battalion (Camp Humphreys - Anjong-Ri, Korea), February 1976 - March 1977, we had our own cadence call.  It went . . .

“Oh, soldier
Engineer soldier
Pick up your bottle and follow me
Into the village of Anjong-Ri”

(Those were the days, my friend)

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Private Hansen . . . Fort Ord, California (August 9, 1969) - My folks came up to visit me that weekend.
http://www.tomandrodna.com/Photos/Army/Fort_Ord_080969.jpg

My DA photo, included in Department of the Army Promotion Board packets (November 1985 - Fort Irwin, California) . . . 30 days before I reported to Company D, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry (Harvey Barracks - Kitzingen, Germany) . . . six months before I was promoted to Sergeant First Class . . . three-and-a-half years before I retired.
http://www.tomandrodna.com/Photos/DA_Photo_1185.jpg

My father and his bomber (B-24) crew in 1942 just before departing for North Africa,
http://www.tomandrodna.com/Photos/Grampa_Stuff/Dads_B24_Crew_Names_700.jpg

My father’s POW file
http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Dads_POW_File.jpg

My maternal grandfather (then a member of the Army Signal Corps) after returning from his tour of duty in England in 1918.
http://www.tomandrodna.com/Photos/Grampa_Stuff/Grandpa_1918.jpg

Like an old Army saying goes . . . “Old sergeants never retire.  They just stop playing with their privates.”

Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
http://www.moscowcares.net/

Tom Hansen
SFC, U.S. Army (Retired)
Moscow, Idaho
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