I'd like to offer a very heartfelt thank you to our Veterans today.
If you are on this board and served, please post so that we can say thank you for your service.
As Hokies, 'Ut Prosim' is much more than an empty motto.
Virginia Tech has provided many service men and women that exemplified this saying.
Standing on the platform under the Pylons on campus, overlooking the drill field, to me is one of my favorite places to absorb the spirit of Virginia Tech.
I have a special place in my heart for Veterans: my father was a Marine. I was born on base at Camp Lejeune while he was deployed in Vietnam. He was and is my hero. He gave me my first black eye (Never talk back to a Marine's wife, I learned...my mom. I deserved it.) His time in service changed him. He never spoke much at all about it...we would gather bits and pieces from rare comments. He had been through it, but even towards the his end, he would stand straight as he could at attention whenever the National Anthem was played. He wept when we visited the Vietnam Memorial...I had never seen him cry, ever. Turns out, the stuff about Camp Lejeune was true: we lost him to Parkinson's disease after his last fight.
Our service men and women have sacrificed a lot in their work for us.
Thank you to our Veterans.
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