Please sign this if you support American veterans

Please read the following message from our sponsor. --------------------------------------------------------------- s6TP4EDkN:m:1:2603593187:E9B497BD2A4375524F5536FACCA58B27:r Fellow Patriot, The American Veterans Center is preparing a massive Thank you card to share with veterans across the country. We’ll be sharing this card and the personal notes of support with veterans of conflicts from World War II up to today. [Will you please sign this special note of thanks and add a personal note to an American hero today?](s6TP4EDkN:m:1:2603593187:E9B497BD2A4375524F5536FACCA58B27:r) According to the U.S. Census Bureau's most recent study, there are about 16.5 million veterans in the United States and majority of these veterans are over the age of 75. Each day we are losing more than 1,000 veterans a day. Sadly, many of our heroes don’t have much time left. s6TP4EDkN:m:1:2603593187:E9B497BD2A4375524F5536FACCA58B27:r ABOVE: A moment from the American Veterans Centers’ annual Conference where veterans of the past and service members of the future meet to share their stories. Those heroes put their lives on the line to preserve our freedom at home. The least we can do now is make sure they know their service and sacrifice to our nation has not been -- and will never be -- forgotten. We have set a goal of 75,000 signatures for this special Thank You card in the next 72 hours. [Will you add your name to it now?](s6TP4EDkN:m:1:2603593187:E9B497BD2A4375524F5536FACCA58B27:r) [Click here to Thank a Veteran Today](s6TP4EDkN:m:1:2603593187:E9B497BD2A4375524F5536FACCA58B27:r) The American Veterans Center is proud to do more than any other organization to preserve, document, and guard the legacy of our nation’s heroes. It is our honor to be trusted by thousands of veterans, from World War II to Iraq and Afghanistan. We work day-in and day-out to ensure that these veterans are honored for their sacrifice and never forgotten. Our annual conference and National Memorial Day Parade have become American institutions where we honor the lives of heroic veterans, both past and present. s6TP4EDkN:m:1:2603593187:E9B497BD2A4375524F5536FACCA58B27:r ABOVE: Marines marching in formation during the American Veterans Centers’ National Memorial Day Parade. And these heroes’ stories have been watched nearly 60 million times on our YouTube channel alone. [Please join us in honoring the sacrifice of our nation’s veterans by signing this thank you card. When you sign, you’ll have the option to add your own personal message to thank a veteran for his or her service and sacrifice.](s6TP4EDkN:m:1:2603593187:E9B497BD2A4375524F5536FACCA58B27:r) [Click here to Thank a Veteran Today](s6TP4EDkN:m:1:2603593187:E9B497BD2A4375524F5536FACCA58B27:r) With the partnership of friends like you, AVC is documenting, preserving, and honoring the stories of courageous veterans like: - Col. James Harvey - Tuskegee Airmen pilot who flew on the team that won the military’s first ‘Top Gun’ contest in 1949. The first African American jet fighter pilot to fly in the Korean War. - Vincent Speranza - the 101st Airborne paratrooper who gained acclaim for his famous 'beer run' during the siege of Bastogne, among his many, many heroic exploits during the war. - George Ciampa – Landed on Utah Beach on D-Day, serving with the 607th Graves Registration Company. Ciampa was tasked with the solemn duty of burying the dead – some 75,000 bodies, friendly and enemy – from June 6, 1944 until the end of the war. - Tom Rice – A paratrooper on D-Day and at Operation Market Garden, he famously jumped into Normandy to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day. - Royce Williams - Naval aviator who, in a mission 70 years ago kept secret for decades, downed four Soviet jets in an encounter during the Korean War. - And Many More! s6TP4EDkN:m:1:2603593187:E9B497BD2A4375524F5536FACCA58B27:r ABOVE: A screengrab from Col. James Harvey’s AVC documentary s6TP4EDkN:m:1:2603593187:E9B497BD2A4375524F5536FACCA58B27:r ABOVE: A screengrab from Vince Speranza’s AVC documentary Each of these great men has documented his story on film with us in recent years and joined us for multiple events, including our annual conference where young members of our armed forces can be inspired by their stories. But please understand: For every one of these great men whose stories we have been fortunate to preserve and share, there are thousands more whose stories and legacies the American people have never heard. We are hard at work connecting with as many as we can and memorializing their experiences for posterity. But as these veterans advance in years, we must do more to honor them as quickly as possible. And when the AVC films an interview with one of our heroes, it is always ‘future-proofed’ – filmed at the highest quality high definition with professional sound, allowing the story to live on in documentaries and exhibits decades after the veterans are gone. It’s why the National Park Service, Public Television documentaries, Presidential libraries, and many others come to us for video accounts from our military heroes. Today, I hope you’ll join us in doing just that by signing this simple but powerful note of thanks. [Click here to Thank a Veteran Today](s6TP4EDkN:m:1:2603593187:E9B497BD2A4375524F5536FACCA58B27:r) Your kind words right now will assure veterans like George Ciampa, James Harvey, Vince Speranza, Royce Williams and thousands more like them that their sacrifice and service to our nation was not in vain. [Please take a moment out of your day to sign this thank you card and tell America’s heroes “Thank you for your service!”](s6TP4EDkN:m:1:2603593187:E9B497BD2A4375524F5536FACCA58B27:r) [Click here to Thank a Veteran Today](s6TP4EDkN:m:1:2603593187:E9B497BD2A4375524F5536FACCA58B27:r) God Bless America’s heroic veterans! Tim Holbert President American Veterans Center [Support the American Veterans Center](s6TP4EDkN:m:1:2603593187:E9B497BD2A4375524F5536FACCA58B27:r) The mission of the American Veterans Center and the World War II Veterans Committee is to preserve and promote the legacy and experiences of America's veterans and active duty service personnel from World War II through today. 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