Thank you very much for those kind words. My family has a served this country since before its founding. I am compiling information on both sides of my family on all of us Veterans. For my self, I served from 1972-1979 in the US Army Infantry. Nothing special about my service. I have many cousins, uncles, great uncles that served in WW2 , Korea, Vietnam , and the War we are in now.
But my greatest joy comes form talking to Veterans and getting into sharing info form them. The interview that both the Veteran and my self shared a tear happened last yr. He was in the 36th Med Unit attached to a TD Unit. In one battle he went froward to treat some wounded. He found 1 tanker that was badly burned and the guy told him to see to the others as he was going to die. Mr Robert told me after all these years that man's courage to what was going to happen to him inspired him , make it back home and do the very best he could in life. Mr Robert is a very humble man in his eighty's and when he started crying , I did too. He told me that he was No Hero, when I went to talk to him but I said Mr Robert , to me and millions more If not for your service to this country , I would not be sitting here, talking to you. I have heard many Veterans say that to them the Real Hero's are the Ones that didn't make it back home.