WE FEW, WE BAND OF BROTHERS!

APR has a special shout out to veterans on this Veterans Day.

“From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he today that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother”

In honor of all Vets, APR is going to list APR's own list of inspirational Vets.

Band of Brothers (101st Airborne 506th Easy Company)

Too many to name but they were all heroes. So just watch the HBO mini-series. APR wants to one day go to the Chattahoochee National Forest (I bet some Native American told the white explorer the name as a joke. I think it means “white mans wife is easy but won’t stop talking” in Native Americanize) and run the Currahee Mountain.

"3 Miles up, 3 Miles down" Currahee!!!

Scotty AKA James Montgomery "Jimmy" Doohan

Yes I know you’re saying that APR went over to his nerd side again and is promoting some actor who played an engineer and isn’t even American on Veteran’s Day. All APR has to say is read the following:

Jimmy was at D-Day on Juno beach as part of 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, where he shot two snipers. Doohan led his unit to higher ground through a field of anti-tank mines and took defensive positions for the night. Doohan took six rounds from a Bren gun, four in his leg, one in the chest, and one through his right middle finger. The bullet to his chest was halted by the silver cigarette case he carried, and his wounded right middle finger was amputated. Despite his injuries, Doohan remained in the military, trained as a pilot and flew an artillery observation plane.

This was all before he became an actor and the greatest engineer ever!

Bob Kalsu


I need to step out of character and just say going to the same school as his kids I never knew what their dad did and what his children had to face. So I won’t really be in APR mode for this part. Just go to the link and read the SI article about why we should all be grateful of the sacrifices of people like Bob Kalsu and his family.

http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1023026/index.htm

Okay back to APR mode.

Since APR just depressed the hell out of everyone, APR next Vet hero is Gunny!

Staff Sergeant “Gunny” R. Lee Ermey

Not only did he play a drill instructor for the Marines in the movies he was a real life drill instructor and severed 14 months in Vietnam. APR has no real evidence but APR thinks he was responsible for making the VC SH*T their pants and as part of the Geneva Convention he had to leave Vietnam because he was the first and greatest weapon of mass destruction.

Hoo Yah! Semper Fi!