Thank You. I start this thread every year on many forums because it is very important to me. On most forums it doesn't even get a look which is sad. Many (not all) young people today just don't know war. They didn't lose friends in war, didn't have to comfort their parents, kids or spouse. Most of them also didn't have to write the letter to the spouse telling them how their loved one died. I had to write two of those letters and it is the hardest thing I had to do. Recently the wife of my Captain in Viet Nam called me to tell me that he died of Agent Orange related cancer and she wanted me to tell her what the men thought of him (almost 50 years ago) She was crying and it was very hard for me.
These types of things age people and separate them from most of the people who never had to do such things. We hobbiests here and other forums fret if a fish dies and we go on trying to console the owner. That is fine and the way of the world. But if you are going to think of a fishes life, at least try to thank a Veteran you see on the street, not just on Veterans Day, but any day. It will mean a lot to them.
