He should have taught you to fight for what you believe in.
You seem to believe that being a wounded vet makes you an object of worship and veneration. Not by him, and not by me. He was sick of them and I of your damn attitude.
Every man does his duty, and some earn some merit by it. But that merit is never won by how much blood is spilled, or wounds suffered, or heroic acts of courage.
It is a matter of what then, what do you do with that, everyday, day after day.