I’m hoping a long lost cousin returns from Korea. He drew the short straw to fill canteens and was machine-gunned on the spot. The rest of his unit survived.
Still, I reserve the right to buy you a meal, please don’t be offended, you are a living representative of your colleagues who gave more, and honoring them through you is likely as close as I can get to directly honoring them.
Please accept it in their names.
You would never know I was a Vet in public period as I wear nothing other then dress slacks, chaps shirts and Johnston & Murphy shoes and on occasion nice suits. I always liked clothes, so; like many others here in the 56-61 time period we mowed yards, shoveled snow etc. At 15 many of us worked construction in the summer.