Veterans Day: A salute to those who defend us all
Since this nation was born, Americans have defended our freedom with their lives, in hundreds of battles around the world and close to home. Here, in alphabetical order, are just some of them:
Aachen, Algiers, Alsay, An Loc, Antietam, Anzio, Ardennes, Argonne, Ashau Valley, Atlanta, Attu, Avranches, Azizbad.
Bastogne, Bataan, Belleau Wood, Biak, Bismarck Sea, Beruit, Bladensburg, Bougainville, Brandywine, Buena Vista, Bull Run, Bunker Hill.
Casablanca, Cassino, Cerro Gordo, Chancellorsville, Chapultepec, Charleston, Chateau-Thierry, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Chippewa, Chongjin Reservoir, Chora, Churubusco, Cold Harbor, Coral Sea, Corregidor, Cowpens.
Daiquiri, Dak To, Danaheh, Debecka, Desert Storm, Do Ab, Doan, Dutch Harbor.
Eindhoven, El Caney, Empress Augusta Bay.
Falaise, Fallen Timbers, Fallujah, Finger Ridge, Finschhafen, Firebase Anaconda, Fort McHenry, Fort Pitt, Fort Sumter, Fredericksburg.
Gafsa, Gaine's Mill, Gettysburg, Grenada, Guadalcanal, Guam.
Hamburg, Hamhung, Hampton Roads, Hanoi, Horseshoe Bend, Hue, Hurtgen Forest.
Iron Horse Mountain, Inchon, Iwo Jima.
Java Sea.
Kabul, Kakarak, Kasserine Pass, Kaskaskia, Kennesaw Mountain, Khaz Oruzgan, Khe Sanh, Kings Mountain, Korungal Valley, Kunduz.
Lae, Lake Champlain, Lake Erie, Lexington-Concord, Leyte, Lingayen Gulf, Little Big Horn, Luke's Castle, Lundy's Lane.
Malvern Hill, Manila Bay, Mekong Delta, Metz, Midway, Mobile Bay, Monmouth, Montreal, Munda, Murfreesboro, Musa Qala.
Nasiriyah, New Britain, New Orleans, Nicaragua, Nijmegen, Normandy, North Atlantic, Now Zad.
Okinawa, Old Baldy, Oran, Oriskany.
Palau, Palo Alto, Palermo, Panama, Pearl Harbor, Petersburg, Philippine Sea, Pleiku, Ploesti, Pork Chop Hill, Princeton.
Queenstown Heights, Quan Trin.
Rabaul, Rapido River, Red River, Remagen, Rhine River.
Saigon, St. Mihiel, Saipan, Salerno, Sanjin, San Juan Hill, Saratoga, Savo Island, Sayyd Alma Kalay, Schweinfurt, Seven Days, Seven Pines, Shewan, Shiloh, Siberia Hill, Siboney, Spotslvania, Surigao Strait.
Taegu, Taejon, Taku Ghar, Tarawa, Thames River, Ticonderoga, Tippecanoe, Tora Bora, Trenton.
Ulithi.
Vera Cruz, Verdun, Vicksburg.
Wake Island, West Point, White Plains, Wounded Knee.
Xuan Loc.
Yorktown.
On this Veterans Day, please ponder the sacrifices for freedom these represent.
This story was originally published November 10, 2015 at 2:29 PM with the headline "Veterans Day: A salute to those who defend us all."