Very nice story, thanks for posting it.
This one from last year still tears me up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kerMm0HG1mk
That did something to me. That little boy understands all too well already what it means to be a man. So sad.
Great, now I feel like a fag, because I watched that and I totally teared up. I was far too young to remember my father returning from Vietnam, but I hope I reacted like this little boy did.
Recently I had the great honor of watching my brother return home from Iraq . . . and seeing his wife & daughters run out on the tarmac to join him at his F/A-18 was, as the commercial says, priceless.
Thanks for posting the link to this vid. Go Navy.
Thanks! I remember that one well, it’s very touching.
Everytime I see that sweet little boy’s face crumble when he sees his dad, I blubber like an idiot. I wouldn’t have it any other way.