<p>미국은 ,</p><p>오늘인 매년 11월 11일이 베테랑 날 [ 참전용사의 날] 이다.</p><p>1천8백 5십만명의 참전용사들이 있다.</p><p>[국가을 위하여 목숨을 바친 5월에 있는 병사들의 현충일과는 </p><p>별개의 기념식이다.]</p><p><br></p><p>참전용사의 날인 11월 11일은 각종 기념행사을 </p><p>아주 성대하고/ 요란하게 한다.</p><p>그중에는 국가을 위하여, </p><p>목숨을 바친 용사들의 축포도 포함한다.</p><p><br></p><p>미국인들은 참전용사들의 대우와 자부심을 </p><p>국가 정부의 신분이 높은 분으로 부터,</p><p>하급말단까지, </p><p>참전용사들의 자부심을 격려하고, </p><p>그 참전용사들의 명예들과 대우들을 </p><p>항상 잘하여준다. </p><p><br></p><p>특히 미국인들의 참전용사들의 자체의 분위기도, </p><p><br></p><p>War time 지역[ 전쟁지역, 대한민국은 전쟁지역이다]</p><p>에 근무하였다면, </p><p>Peace time [ 평화지역 ] 에 근무한 참전용사보다도 </p><p>존경의 눈길을 더 표시하고 ,</p><p>대우도 더 높혀준다.</p><p><br></p><p>이렇게하여, </p><p>국가을 위하는 군인들의 자부심과 대우을 </p><p>국가가 앞장서서,</p><p>제일의 중점으로 다룬다..</p><p>대통령과 국회에서, 또 각종 정부의 중요기관에서 </p><p>특히 언론에서 이런것을 중요기사로 </p><p>요란하게 다룬다..</p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(9, 0, 255);">반면, </span><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(9, 0, 255);">대한민국은 </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(9, 0, 255);">정부의 기관장 및 각종 위원회들의 장들의 50% 가 ,</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(9, 0, 255);">군대을 갖다오지않고, </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(9, 0, 255);">70% 의 국회의원들이 군대을 갖다오지 않었다.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(9, 0, 255);">90 % 는 언론사에서 근무하는 직원들이 군대을 갖다오지 않었다.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(9, 0, 255);">이러니, 대한민국의 참전용사의 날에는 </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(9, 0, 255);">신문이나 방송에서는 , </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(9, 0, 255);">언제나 찬밥이다.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(9, 0, 255);">대한민국의 국방을 지킨 참전용사들의</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(9, 0, 255);">격려와 대우는 언제나 찬밥이다.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(9, 0, 255);">대한민국의 국방 </span><span style="color: rgb(9, 0, 255);">수호을 위하여, </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(9, 0, 255);">천안함의 희생장병들은 3천만의 위로금을 받었는데,</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(9, 0, 255);">소풍을 간 세월호의 일반 사람들은 약 10 억원및 다른 또</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(9, 0, 255);">엄청난 특혜을 받었다</span>.</p><p><br></p><p>요란하게 기사을 다루는 참전용사들의 자부심과 격려을 하는 </p><p>미국과 다르게,</p><p><br></p><p>대한민국은 <br></p><p>조그많게 기사와 방송을 한다.</p><p><br></p><p>참 한심하고/ 기막힌 일이다...</p><p><br></p><p><!--[CDATA[ document.write(removeRestrictTag()); //]]--> <iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lYtxA_IfQMk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> <!-- --> <!-- end clix_content --> </p><table class="clearTable"><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p><p> </p><p><br></p><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><h1><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">America Celebrates Veterans Day</span></h1><div class="content"><div class="img-wrapper"><img class="img-responsive center" src="https://img1.daumcdn.net/relay/cafe/original/?fname=https%3A%2F%2Fgdb.voanews.com%2FEE5D8036-1D3E-43D2-96FF-4E5A0EB65B8F_w987r1_s.jpg"><div class="img-description"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">FILE - World War II Navy veteran Donald E. Hanson, 94, of Kent, Wash., salutes during a Veterans Day ceremony at Tahoma National Cemetery, Friday, Nov. 11, 2016, in Kent, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)</span></div></div><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="256.4096">November 11 is Veterans Day in the United States.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="5120.8704">But because Veterans Day falls on a Saturday this year, Friday, </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="5120.8704">November 10 is a federal holiday.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="15104.4352">A “veteran” is anyone who has served in the armed forces.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="20224.2559">Veterans Day honors the living.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="23552.7423">A separate holiday, Memorial Day in May, </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="23552.7423">honors those who died in military service.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="32256.6143">The United States has about 18.5 million veterans.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="39424.4863">The term veteran is not just for those who have served in wars.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="45312.4608">It describes anyone who has ever been in the military.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="51200.9471">On November 11, communities across the country hold ceremonies </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="51200.9471">and parades to mark Veterans Day.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="61440.2048">Military bands play.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="64256.3328">Public officials take part in the events.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="68608.8959">And soldiers fire guns into the air in a salute to remember those who died in service to their country.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></p><p><div class="img-wrapper"><img class="img-responsive" src="https://img1.daumcdn.net/relay/cafe/original/?fname=https%3A%2F%2Fgdb.voanews.com%2F337D5B05-13E0-4B7E-9167-BFEC4D0108B8_w610_r0_s.jpg"><div class="img-description"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">FILE - Military personnel march in the annual Veteran’s Day parade in New York, Friday, </span></div><div class="img-description"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Nov. 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)</span></div></div><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="78848.4352">The history of Veterans Day relates to World War I.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="83968.6143">Many people at the time called it “the war to end all wars.”</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="92416.5632">The United States entered the fighting in Europe in 1917.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="98816.3328">But the U.S. armed forces were small.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span data-t="102656.6143"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">So the government began to </span><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">draft</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> men </span></span></p><p><span data-t="102656.6143"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">between the ages of 21 and 31.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="109056.5120">The men came from cities and farms.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="114688.1280">Some were rich.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="116480.1536">Others were poor.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="118528.5887">There were doctors, lawyers, businessmen, and college students.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="125440.1536">Many were married.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="128256.4096">The following year, the government expanded the draft.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="133376.5632">Now it called on men </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="133376.5632">between the ages of 18 and 45.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="140032.3840">More than 13 million reported for duty.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="145152.3072">Many women joined the armed forces, too.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="148736.4864">Most got office jobs </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="148736.4864">at military bases in the United States.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span data-t="154368.6912"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Some, however, </span></span></p><p><span data-t="154368.6912"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">went to France to work as </span><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">nurses</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> in battlefield hospitals.</span></span></p><p><span data-t="162816.17919"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">World War I ended when Germany surrendered at 11 </span><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">o’clock</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> in the morning on November 11, </span></span></p><p><span data-t="162816.17919"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1918 -- in other words, at the 11th </span><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">hour</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> of the 11th day of the 11th month.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="182016.11520">The following year, President Woodrow Wilson signed a declaration </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="182016.11520">to observe November 11th as Armistice Day in the United States.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="194816.8960">It would be a day to honor the men and women </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="194816.8960">who had served in the U.S. armed forces during the war.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="205312.6911">In 1926, Congress made Armistice Day a national holiday.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="213248.2816">But new problems were on the way.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="216576.7680">Soon, everyone knew </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="216576.7680">that World War I would not be the war to end all wars.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="225792.8448">In all, more than 4,000,000 Americans served in the armed forces </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="225792.8448">during the first World War.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="235008.4864">And 16 million would serve during the second one.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="241152.7168">Armistice Day in 1945 was a special day in the United States.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="249600.4608">Germany had surrendered in May 1945.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="254976.4350">And Japan surrendered in August of that year.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="260863.4608">Most of the men and women who had served in the war were home.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="266239.9984">So, </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="266239.9984">instead of honoring just veterans of World War I, </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="266239.9984">Americans also honored veterans of World War II.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="277247.7168">In 1954, Congress decided to change the name of Armistice Day.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-t="285439.3072">The holiday became Veterans Day.</span><hr><p><br></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Words in This Story</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">draft</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - </span><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">v.</span></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> to choose for some purpose, such as military service</span></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">nurse</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - </span><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">n.</span></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> someone who has training to care for sick or injured people</span></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">o’clock</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - </span><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">adj.</span></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> used to show position on a close or time piece</span></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">hour</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> - </span><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">n.</span></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> the time of day, based on two 12-hour periods</span><strong></strong></p></div></font><p><br></p><p class="cafe-editor-text"></p><p><img src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/cafe/9923C2335A062BEF1A" class="txc-image" width="720" id="A_9923C2335A062BEF1A5279"/></p><p><img src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/cfile/cafe/99619E335A062BF019" class="txc-image" width="610" id="A_99619E335A062BF0196A73"/></p>
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첫댓글Veterans Day is not to be confused with Memorial Day. The Veterans Day, in November, celebrates the service of all U.S. military veterans and the Memorial Day, in May, honors those who died while in military service. I'm a Veteran myself, the kimchi G.I. 😃
I am very glad to know that you are a Veteran in USA.. and also Military veterans as you often receive special treatment in their respective countries due to the sacrifies they made during the war time or peace time , whatever.. Actually, Veterans is one who has served in the armed forces.. Anyway, They are entitled to receive its benefits in USA as medical benefits, etc .
첫댓글 Veterans Day is not to be confused with Memorial Day.
The Veterans Day, in November, celebrates the service of all U.S. military veterans
and the Memorial Day, in May, honors those who died while in military service.
I'm a Veteran myself, the kimchi G.I. 😃
I am very glad to know that you are a Veteran in USA..
and also Military veterans as you often receive special treatment in their respective
countries due to the sacrifies they made during the war time or peace time , whatever..
Actually, Veterans is one who has served in the armed forces..
Anyway, They are entitled to receive its benefits in USA as medical benefits, etc .
Old soldiers never die..
They just fade away...