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Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Chris Amos was the featured speaker at the City of Troy’s Veterans Day observance on Monday morning , November 11, 2024 at the Troy Recreation Center.

Amos is  native of Troy and a graduate of Troy University,

He is a combat veteran with more than 35 total years of military service with 20 years  being  on active duty service. His military service has included Operation Desert Storm/Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

“In my 36 years of service to this great nation, I have personally witnessed the dramatic demonstrations of service  from American veterans and they have come from all ages,” Amos said. “I have fought alongside a college professor with a doctorate degree who led soldiers in the Gulf War in Saudi Arabia. I have fought alongside 20-year old kids with bravery beyond their years.

“Kids would volunteer for convoys  requiring driving down roads that had more 20-IED craters only one mile in distance.”

Amos said he ate homemade chocolate chips cookies with a 20 year-old the night before he died in a convoy the next day.

“Peace itself demands hard work and renewed sacrifice by those who serve and, when peace fails and freedom is threatened, Americans have responded,” Amos said.  “No matter where or when our veterans have served, they have always served with distinction. They knew they had to fight. They knew they had to sacrifice. They knew they had to win and they did just that, time after time, battle after battle.

“Veterans Day is for a day for all Americans to walk toward the future, honoring our veterans  by living in the freedoms they have won and preserved for us  going forward.”

Shared at 2024 Veterans Day

Ceremonies in Troy

By Dan Fraley

from found Bible

The White House

Washington

March 6, 1941

To the members of the Army                            

As Commander-in-Chief, I take pleasure

in commending the reading of the Bible to

all who serve in the armed forces of the

United States. Throughout the centuries,

men of many faiths and diverse origins

have found in the Scared Book words of

wisdom, counsel and inspiration. It is a

fountain of strength and, now, as always, anaid in attaining the highest  aspirations of the  human soul.

Very sincerely, yours

Franklin D. Roosevelt