I have served with heros who did what they did without gratitude or recognition because they knew it was the right thing. I have seen the terror in the eyes of a 19 year old PFC as he entered a hot LZ, like he had numerous times before, and did not hesitate for a second to deploy under fire. I have seen a 22 year old Warrant Officer bring his UH1D into the same LZ under heavy fire to medivac that 19 year old kid 15 minutes later. I have seen a 24 year old Capt write a letter to that 19 year old’s parents telling them that their son died a hero. I know that same courage was displayed by my father and uncles in WWII and my Grandfather in WWI. I have stood in the Notch at Gettysburg and imagined the heroism of Pickett’s men to attack that hill and the courage to repel them, but I have NEVER seen actual courage in Washington, DC or Hollywood.
Don’t sell John Wayne and Charlton Heston short.
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