VetSignias Veterans Recognition Metalized Film Window Stickers and Magnetic Vehicle Plaques DESIGNED TO GIVE VETERANS EVERY-DAY VISIBILITY
Those who served in the U.S. Military should be recognized on more than just a couple of special holidays.
We've been sending VetSignias to proud U.S. veterans since 1993 |
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"I look at young men in the
military today, and sometimes I envy them, because I was never
prouder, I was never in better shape, I was never more sure that I
stood for something in my life than when I wore the uniform"
SSgt Nicky Bacon, MOH Vietnam '69. Veterans should be
visible
in
their communities 'every-day', not just on a few
special
holidays. To this end, for the past 20 years, our small group of
retired Vets has been making Veterans Recognition Window Stickers,
and now Magnetized Vehicle Plaques. We call them
VetSignias. This is something a for-
profit business could not do. VetSignias have been
sent to tens-of-thousands of proud Veterans in all parts of the
country.
Newspapers, magazines, Veterans publications, etc. have been running
information about VetSignias. Examples, excerpts, and comments
appear on the Praises page. Our effort was nicely
described when a Midwest newspaper wrote ... "One group of
retired veterans decided it was high time people should be made
aware of the veterans in their communities." Got a note from a
WWII/U.S. NAVY Vet. He was requesting additional VetSignias and
wrote: "I have Life Member DAV and 50 Yr VFW decals on the
window
but
have never had a comment about them - your sticker however - I've
already had 4 guys see it and say - I was in the Navy - Where were
you? What ship? etc., regular shoot the breeze about the
service." At the request of Veterans, and Veterans
groups, we began looking into magnetic vehicle plaques in 2004.
We spent a year looking for high quality materials and a method of
putting them together in a way that would provide our fellow
Veterans with a distinctive plaque showing their service to our
country. We began making the plaques, we call them
Mag/VetSignias, in '05. Mag/VetSignias,
look exactly like the Window Stickers, and we make the same wide
assortment. They are larger, 5.75" X 2.5", black print on a bright
silver metallic background. They cling firmly to most metal
surfaces, and can be easily taken off, moved to another location,or
another vehicle. The Mags are holding up very well for about 5
years. We want the public to know who
has served them, who's been protecting them, who sacrificed for
them. We want the public to know the Veterans in their
communities.
We make special cost arrangements for Veterans groups. VetSignias
have been sent to groups as small as 30 and as large as 2500. Go to
the Contact Page and type in Group Prices. We will send complete
information.
WE SAW IT SOMEWHERE... "Patriotism is not a short and
frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication
of a lifetime." Adlie E. Stevenson, Jr. We were a very
patriotic nation right after 9.11.01. Flags flew everywhere - from
the family car, the big rigs, apartment balconies, front yards and
porches. Don't see many today. Not for everyone. Here is what one true
patriot
writes:"As a blinded Vietnam Veteran, I can only hear Old
Glory
whispering in the wind as it proudly waves in front of my home. In
my mind's eye I can still visualize our sacred symbol covering
coffins of fellow Vietnam Veterans and being ceremoniously handed to
their grieving loved ones as the bugle echoes "Taps". And, in my
heart, I know this flag unifies our country and symbolizes the blood
that runs through the veins of our nation." President Woodrow Wilson said it in 1917 - "This flag,
which we honor and under which we serve, is the emblem of our unity,
our power, our thought and purpose as a nation. It has no other
character than that which we give it from generation to
generation."
LET US ALL KEEP
THOSE FLAGS FLYING - PATRIOTISM KEEPS AMERICA STRONG.
It is the VETERAN, not the reporter, who has given us the
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. Hershel Frazier, Dequincy LA, ends a brief
poem with the following stanza. "So when you see a Veteran
speak to him with pride. Remember for your freedom many thousands
died. Shake his hand and salute him, have a kind word to say, for
when you see a Veteran you see the U.S.A."
. . AMERICAN VETERANS ARE
SPECIAL . .
... "The War On
Terrorism will be dramatically different in the sense that it may
never end. At least not in our lifetime." - VP Dick
Cheney. "September 11 was two pieces of symbolism and a
statement of war with the Pentagon. ...No one really remembers the
Pentagon at all. ...It was the biggest attack if only because it was
the Pentagon. You don't hit our military command center without
sending, at least to me, a very clear statement about your
intentions." Stephen Gale
Excerpted from an article by Thomas Sowell, former U.S. Marine
and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford,
CA. From CPL
Aaron M Lusk, USMC - about Iraq Excerpts from an article written by Tim Kane,
Ph.D., U.S. Air Force Academy graduate. THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST
...a review of recent enlistee
data shows the wartime volunteers are better educated and slightly
wealthier than their civilian peers. It really is true: America's
best and brightest are signing up for duty. ...During a time of war,
when an Army enlistee signs up knowing that the mission is combat
instead of college, the call of duty is working best in the middle
and upper-class nieghborhoods. The average American enlistee is
more educated - not less - than the average civilian, especially
young civilians. Did you know that the average reading level of new
soldiers is roughly a full grade level higher than civilian peers?
It's also true that the high-school graduation rate of enlistees was
97 percent in 2003, 2004, and 2005. The civilian graduation rate is
17 percentage points lower. ...The modern military is built more on
brains, less on brawn. Active-duty troops will be the first to tell
you that unless they pursue continuing education, their chances of
promotion are slim. ...The transformation to an all-volunteer force
has been designed around the concept of a more lethal, more nimble,
less vulnerable soldier. ...The U.S. military has always prided
itself on the independent judgement and intelligence of it's
fighting force. ...Unlike the heirarchies of other militaries, U.S.
forces were and are empowered to think for themselves. That
tradition continues today, more than ever. Lee
Greenwood sings it...we should all live it! FROM THE LAKES OF
MINNESOTA, TO THE HILLS OF TENNESSEE. ACROSS THE PLAINS OF TEXAS,
FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA. FROM DETROIT DOWN TO HOUSTON, AND NEW
YORK TO L.A. WELL THERE'S PRIDE IN EVERY AMERICAN HEART, AND IT'S
TIME WE STAND AND SAY. THAT I'M PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN, WHERE AT
LEAST I KNOW I'M FREE. AND I WON'T FORGET THE MEN WHO DIED, WHO
GAVE
THAT RIGHT TO ME. AND I GLADLY STAND UP, NEXT TO YOU AND DEFEND
HER STILL TODAY. 'CAUSE THERE AIN'T NO DOUBT I LOVE THIS LAND, GOD
BLESS THE USA. ...
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Magnetized Vehicle Plaques
President Truman wrote in his commendation to WWII
Veterans: "As one of the Nation's finest you have undertaken
the most severe task one can be called on to
perform."
All
U.S. Veterans are worthy of these words, and should be continuously
recognized for their service.
...
We've seen varied
reports about the number of U.S. Vets that are leaving this earth
every day. Whatever the number, it's a lot. A couple of guys have
put a great tribute together - song, pictures, verse. If you are a
WWII or Korean War Veteran, or know some of them, you should see
this, and pass it on any way you can. There is also a moving version
for Vietnam Veterans. It's Free. Before You Go
A Vet who was requesting new VetSignias
said, "Had my stickers on my old car for over 9 years - they
were still bright and shiny when I gave her to Purple
Heart."
Another Vet wrote, "Bravo Zulu to
you." when he received his VET/VIETNAM/U.S. AIR FORCE
stickers.
Was it just 'a short and
frenzied outburst'?
These are
comments
from Sgt. Shaft (John Fales). Sarge writes a Veterans
Interest column for Military.com. His fine columns can be
seen on the web Sgt. Shaft Page
...
It is hard to imagine what it would
be like to live in a
country without freedom . . . without the right to wave a flag . . .
assemble peaceably or speak our minds.
Thanks to our nation's Veterans, our
freedom has been protected, but not without a price.
When called to serve, they left home and family for remote and
desolate places. They put their lives on the line to preserve our
precious heritage and freedom, and the freedom of countless other
nations.
It is the VETERAN, not the politician, who
has given us the RIGHT TO VOTE.
It is the VETERAN, not the
lawyer, who has given us the RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL.
It is the
VETERAN,not
the poet, who has given us the FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
It is the
VETERAN, not the campus organizer, who has given us the FREEDOM TO
ASSEMBLE.
It is the VETERAN, not the preacher, who has given us
FREEDOM OF RELIGION.
"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or
ill,
that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship,
support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival
and the success of liberty."
From the Inaugural Address
by
President John F. Kennedy(1/20/'61)
...
Pearl Harbor is still very clear in my mind. The tragic
events of 9.11.01 were much worse. These people deliberately
attacked innocent, defensless civilians. Does our country have the
will to do what has to be done? Will the country support a long and
dangerous mission? We are hearing and reading more and more from
the peacniks and doubters. There were pacifists and doubters after
Pearl Harbor too. Fortunately, clearer heads prevailed and we were
able to make the world a better place. We can do it again, if we
have the stick-to-it-tive-ness. - Bob Kline WWII/USMC
Pacifists versus peace
One of the many failings of
our educational system is that it sends out into the world people
who cannot tell rhetoric from reality. They have learned no
systematic way to analyze ideas, derive their implications and test
those implications against hard facts.
"Peace" movements are
among those who take advantage of this widespread inability to see
beyond rhetoric to realities. Few people even seem interested in the
actual track record of so-called "peace" movements -- that is,
whether such movements actually produce peace or war.
Take the
Middle East.
People are calling for a cease-fire in the interests of peace. But
there have been more cease-fires in the Middle East than anywhere
else. If cease-fires actually promoted peace, the Middle East would
be the most peaceful region on the face of the earth instead of the
most violent.
Was WWII ended by cease-fires or by annihilating
much of Germany and Japan? Make no mistake about it, innocent
civilians died in the process. Indeed, American prisoners of war
died when we bombed Germany.
There is a reason why General
Sherman said "war is hell" more than a century ago. But he helped
end the Civil War with his devastating march through Georgia -- not
by cease fires or bowing to "world opinion" and there were no
corrupt busybodies like the United Nations to demand replacing
military force with diplomacy.
There was a time when it would
have been suicidal to threaten, much less attack, a nation with much
stronger military power because one of the dangers to the attacker
would be the prospect of being annihilated.
"World opinion," the
UN and "peace movements" have eliminated that deterrent. An
aggressor today knows that if his aggression fails, he will still be
protected from the full power and fury of those he attacked because
there will be hand-wringers demanding a cease fire, negotiations and
concessions.
....The most catastrophic result of "peace"
movements was WWII. While Hitler was arming Germany to the
teeth, "peace" movements in Britain were advocating that their
country disarm "as an example to others."
British Labor Party
Members of Parliament voted consistently against military spending
and British college students publicly pledged never to fight for
their country. If "peace" movements brought peace, there would
never have been WWII.
Not only did that war lead to tens of
millions of deaths, it came dangerously close to a crushing victory
for the Nazis in Europe and the Japanese empire in Asia.
....For
the first two years of that war, the Western democracies lost
virtually every battle, all over the world, because pre-war "peace"
movements had left them with inadequate military equipment and much
of it obsolete. The Nazis and the Japanese knew that. That is why
they launched the war.
"Peace" movements don't bring peace but
war.
... "We settled in and then
took a ride over to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines (3/5) to deliver some
communication wire and I will never forget what I saw on the way;
the
Iraqis cheered for us. I felt like a famous actor and it reminded
me
of WWII when the Allies liberated Paris. I had never experienced
anythink like it in my life. It was difficult to believe the news
that reported most Iraqis did not want us there. I also remember
the
pure poverty that most Iraqis live with; the worst neighborhoods in
Detroit looked better than the neighborhoods I saw in Iraq, and the
children did not have proper clothing or shoes. Seeing the Iraqi
people was reason enough for why the Marine Corps fought this war.
It did not matter if there were terrorists; giving the Iraqi people
the help they needed was enough reason for the United States to get
involved."
Former President Ronald Reagan said
it like it is.
"Here's my stategy on the Cold War: We
win,they
lose."
"The most terrifying words in the English language are:
I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
"Of the four wars
in my lifetime none came about because the U.S. was too
strong."
"I have wondered at times about what the Ten
Commandment's would have looked like if Moses had run them through
the U.S. Congress."
"If we forget that we're one nation under
God, then we will be a nation gone under."
"The nearest thing to
eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government
program."
"It has been said that politics is the second oldest
profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to
the first."
"No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the
world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men
and women."