Show Us Your Heroes for Veterans Day

Did you or a loved one serve our country?

If so, there have got to be some good photos and videos to show it. So, dig through that old shoebox; find that file folder or scroll way down on your profile pictures — they’re bound to be somewhere.

Are you a tough sergeant major? Surely, someone in basic training took your picture looking stunning with standard-issue glasses.

Whether you were a Marine aboard Camp Pendleton or a soldier in Germany, Patch wants to see your photos and videos, as well as hear your story.  Is there a photo showing you serving the veteran community?  We want to see that too.

Simply upload your photos clicking the “Submit Your Photos” button above the main image and we will feature it on Veterans Day.  Make sure to add a caption telling us about veteran and tell us that service member's story. You can also embed a YouTube video by pasting a link.

We started the sharing with a photo of Vienna Marine Ed Henry. Last year, Ed wrote a piece for us about his thoughts on Veterans Day. His commentary is still among one of the reader favorites on Vienna Patch.

An excerpt from "I Will Not Be Bitter":

I enlisted in the Navy as a Hospital Corpsman, but ended up serving nearly six years in the Marine Corps as a "Field Medical Technician" which is a glorified term indicating that I was nothing more than a Grunt with a little bit of extra training to stop traumatic bleeding and take care of a lot of gunshot-wounds. So much for spending time in the Navy. Back then the Navy didn't tell you that you might end up in a Marine line unit doing this kind of "medical work." It wasn't pleasant - war never is - but I volunteered for all that I had to endure and did my bit and never regretted my choices.

For the full piece,

In this photo, he is standing on the USS Mann going home to San Diego.

Share your photos with us by clicking the "upload" button. If you don't have photos, share your memories in the comments below.