Our Veterans have served to keep us free.

They have fought on land and on the sea.

They have lived under fire and under attack

and some of them would never come back.

They carried a helmet and a gun

into the fields of World War I;

just a few years later they fought anew,

and stormed the beaches in World War II.

They survived Korea, and Vietnam,

and liberated Kuwait from Saddam.

These battles would have never been won

without the job our forces have done.

So to every man who carried a gun,

Thanks to Veterans, each and every one!

THE COAST GUARD HYMN

Eternal Father, Lord of Hosts 

Watch o'er the ones who guard our coasts 

Protect them from the raging seas 

And give them light and life and peace. 

Grant them from thy great throne above 

The shield and shelter of thy love. 

Lord, guard and guide the ones who fly 

Through the great spaces in the sky 

Be with them always in the air, 

In darken storms or sunlight fair, 

Oh, hear us when we lift our prayer, 

For those in peril in the air! 

Grant to them Your eternal peace, Oh Lord, 

For they have followed your commandment, 

That No Greater Love has he, who would give up his life for another. 

Amen