So this will bust you up inside.
Not that you want to have your insides wrecked, but I’m sure nobody has anything on her. The vets who have died in the service, who joined the service for the purpose of serving everybody else, deserve more than one day a year for remembrance and recognition. At least, that’s what I think.
Yesterday, my wife and I spent about 45 minutes walking the cemetery at Jefferson Barracks and I’m happy to say that there were a lot of people there at 3 p.m. I go there three or four times a year and pause at the graves of the Unknowns there. Because of my former job, I have a perspective and insight into the fact that these people had real, full lives before they died. And because I’ve been privileged to read their casualty records, I understand the sacrifices they made as well as those of families left behind. Seeing a weathered…
