I won’t be home for Christmas....

I won’t be home for Christmas....

I am among the thousands of Americans who served in uniform in Iraq and
Afghanistan who are now gone. Many who survived their wounds will never be
whole. Many will have life expectancies far shorter than others their age who
never served in uniform... never seeing the same number of Christmases to come.

I am among the millions of Americans who served in uniform during WW2 who are
now gone... and it is estimated that less than eleven percent of the men and
women who served during WW2 are alive today, with more than a thousand  passing
away each day.

I am among the tens of thousands of Americans who served in uniform in Korea who
are now gone... and it is estimated that less than four percent of the men and
women who served in Korea are alive today, with more than seven hundred passing
away each day.

I am among the hundreds of thousands of Americans who served in uniform in
Vietnam who are now gone... and it is estimated that less than one-third of the
men and women who served in Vietnam are alive today, with more than a two
hundred passing away each day.

I and those with me won’t be home for Christmas. Please always remember us.

Signed,
The Unforgotten Soldier

(Author Unknown)

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