Thank you for your service to our country, HiJinx. It is greatly appreciated!
Aw, now, you’re gonna give me a complex, RockerMom!
Looking back, I guess it was significant. Shoot, me and a million other American servicemen helped win the Cold War, they tell me.
But at the time, it didn’t seem to be that big a deal. Amazing how the exuberance (and ignorance!) of youth colors your perception of things...