Yep, I am thankful to your country's veterens, too. My Opa was in Holland, and he couldn't have eventually gone on to meet my Oma, in the Dutch East Indies, were it not for the efforts and sacrifices of your lads (and ours, and the Canadians and British) at places like Normandy (and in the air - Opa really enjoyed the food drops from your Flying Fortresses, as they were pretty-much starving). And I'm equally thankful for what your guys, and ours, did in the Pacific theatre.
Whenever I see pictures of those rows of crosses and stars, particularly those in France, I know that I am here today because of the efforts of those men and those that survived - other folks may well exist and live today whether or not people fought the good fight back then; but not me.
So, thank you.