American Valor - Military Tribute

Valor: “…courage in defense of a noble cause.”
Welcome to American Valor. My name is Allen but my friends all call me Dad.

I served my country proudly and without question from 1968 to 1977. Many of my friends made the ultimate sacrifice during that same time. As the quote goes: “…those entering the service of their country have written blank checks payable to the United States of America and her citizens in an amount up to and including their lives.”   We cannot and should not ever forget them.

We are not a political statement. We are not a debating forum. Pure and simple, we are a tribute to the men and women serving their country in the military, now and throughout history.

It has not been a popular action to glorify these proud servants, but it will become such within this site.
You may disagree with administrations past and present but do not disgrace those who proudly serve that we may live to speak another day.

We will be accepting photographs, stories and more that honor those before us. Send all correspondence to Dad@american-valor.com.

Let us come to appreciate and thank those who serve to protect our freedom.

I welcome and appreciate all comments.  On ocassion I will make a post of an opinion, either mine or that of another.  When I do so it will be identified as an opinion and stored in the Opinion category.

The silent majority is an unspecified large majority of people in a country or group who do not express their opinions publicly. The term was first used by the U.S. President Richard Nixon in a November 3, 1969 speech, where it referred to those Americans who did not join in the large demonstrations against the Vietnam War at the time, who did not engage in riots and attack police officers, who did not join in the counterculture, and who did not enthusiastically participate in public discourse or the media. Nixon along with many others saw this group as being overshadowed by the more vocal minority.

This majority referred mainly to the older generation (those World War II veterans in all parts of the United States) but it also described many young people in the Midwest, West and in the South, many of whom did eventually serve in Vietnam. The Silent Majority was mostly populated with the blue collar people who allegedly didn’t have the ability or the time to take an active part in politics other than to vote. They did, in some cases, support the conservative policies of many politicians. Others were not particularly conservative politically, but resented what they saw as disrespect for American institutions.

I openly claim to be a member of the great silent majority who fiercely resents disrespect for any part of America and the principles she was built upon.  I even more strongly detest and opose any movement to dismantle America’s value system for any reason.  I intend to share many stories within this site that will bring honor to America and her service men and women.  I will also share those stories that shed light on programs, ideas and movements that are not what they seem.  Please bear with me as I have 60 years of pent up emotions to let loose and I have just begun to vent.

IN GOD WE TRUST!