You are so right! My now deceased father-in-law served under Patton and surely had stories galore- very seldom did he ever mention the war, and he never made himself out to be a hero. My cousin, brother, and husband served in Vietnam, and will tell you very little, again when they do they are not the hero of the stories. Most of their stories are about the people they met there, funny things that happened- not war stories.
i SALUTE your father's FAITHFUL & NOBLE SERVICE to the nation.
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