{"id":6923,"date":"2023-11-10T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/?p=6923"},"modified":"2023-11-04T11:27:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T15:27:56","slug":"156-veterans-day-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/156-veterans-day-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"#156\u2014Veteran\u2019s Day 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>\u201cMissing Man\u201d Table<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Veteran\u2019s Day is Saturday, November 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I posted this last year. A lot of people see the \u201cMissing Man\u201d display, but may not realize that every element on the table has significant meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/RememberTable.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Veterans Day - Missing Man Table\" class=\"wp-image-6325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/RememberTable.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/RememberTable.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/RememberTable.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>\u201cMissing Man\u201d Table displayed at the annual 80th Division Veterans Association meeting.<\/em><br><em>Photo credit: Andy Adkins<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veteran\u2019s Day\u2014<em>not<\/em> to be confused with Memorial Day\u2014is a federal holiday for honoring military veterans of the US Armed Forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many restaurants provide discounts to veterans on this day. Many of these restaurants also display what has become known as the \u201cMissing Man\u201d Table. You may have noticed this in the past; you may notice it this year. For <em>this<\/em> proud <strong><em>United States Navy Veteran<\/em><\/strong>, this tradition symbolizes what I feel\u2026 inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong><em>Missing Man Table<\/em><\/strong> is also known as the <em>Fallen Comrade Table<\/em>. It is a ceremony and a memorial in honor of the fallen, missing, or imprisoned military service members. This table serves as a focal point of remembrance, originally growing out of the US concern for Vietnam War POW\/MIAs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tradition varies among venues\u2014sometimes there\u2019s a single chair, representing all who are missing. Sometimes the table is set for six: the empty chairs represent Americans who were or are missing from each of the services\u2014Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard\u2014and civilians, all with us in spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Missing Man Table comprises many symbols:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The table is round, showing our everlasting concern for our missing men and women;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A white cloth is draped across the table, symbolizing the purity of their response when answering the call to serve;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The single red rose, displayed in a vase, reminds us of the lives of these Americans and their families and loved ones who keep the faith, all the while awaiting their return;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The yellow ribbon symbolizes our continuing uncertainty, the hope for their return, and our determination to account for them;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A slice of lemon on the bread plate reminds us of their bitter suffering, captured and missing in a foreign land;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The grains of salt on the bread plate symbolize the countless fallen tears of our missing and their families;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The lighted candle reflects our hope for their return and illuminates their way home to the open arms of a grateful Nation;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Bible represents the strength gained through faith, to sustain us and those lost from our country, founded as one Nation under God;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The wine glass is inverted, reminding us they cannot share a toast with us today;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The empty chair depicts an unknown face\u2026 the \u201cmissing man.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">United States veterans reside all over the world. If you know one, take a moment to thank him or her for their service. If you see one\u2014wearing a T-shirt, a ball cap, or a decal on their vehicle, take a moment to thank him or her for their service. It doesn\u2019t take much, but it means a lot to us veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>NEVER FORGET<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000030\"><strong>Andy Adkins<\/strong>&nbsp;is a US Navy veteran (\u201973-77) and the author of several books, including&nbsp;<strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.azadkinsiii.com\/book_closer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">You Can\u2019t Get Much Closer Than This-Combat with the 80th \u201cBlue Ridge\u201d Division in World War II Europe<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, published by Casemate Publishers (2005) and selected as the Book of the Month for the Military Book Club. His newest novel,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/book_never.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>NEVER FORGET<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, is the story of&nbsp;<em>A Vietnam Veteran\u2019s Journey for Redemption &amp; Forgiveness<\/em>;&nbsp;<strong>NEVER FORGET<\/strong>&nbsp;is offered as a <strong>FREE <\/strong>(PDF, eBook format) download. Adkins also writes a weekly blog,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cA Veteran\u2019s Journey.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMissing Man\u201d Table Veteran\u2019s Day is Saturday, November 11. I posted this last year. A lot of people see the \u201cMissing Man\u201d display, but may not realize that every element on the table has significant meaning. Veteran\u2019s Day\u2014not to be&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/156-veterans-day-2023\/\" class=\"readmore\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">#156\u2014Veteran\u2019s Day 2023<\/span><span class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[60,59],"tags":[353,31,331,294,257],"class_list":["post-6923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-army","category-navy","tag-air-force","tag-marines","tag-missing-man-table","tag-navy-veteran","tag-us-army","content-layout-excerpt-thumb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>#156\u2014Veteran\u2019s Day 2023 &#8212; A Veteran&#039;s Journey<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/156-veterans-day-2023\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"#156\u2014Veteran\u2019s Day 2023 &#8212; A Veteran&#039;s Journey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cMissing Man\u201d Table Veteran\u2019s Day is Saturday, November 11. 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