Look....folks, we really appreciate your fine comments. But, we, as veterans of military service whether it was under fire or not, do not think of ourselves as anyone special. We are proud that we have served this country, especially in this day and age. And, we really consider ourselves as just plain lucky that we are here today. Just plain lucky.
If you really want to honor someone, pay a visit to the US cemetery in Normandy. Or, to a Veterans cemetery in your own State or the one in Hawaii. Those men, whose brief visit with us, are the ones who should be honored.
They could heap all the tin in the world on us, and we would still consider ourselves as just ordinary guys who stood up and did a job just like you do everyday in going to work and taking care of your families. And, we really do not ask for this. Whatever we did was not extraordinary, but it was out of necessity.
Ed