GOD BLESS THOSE WHO SERVED
AND THOSE WHO GAVE ALL
&
THOSE WHO SUPPORT OUR TROOPS.
mrsdd and I went to our grandson's JV baseball game yesterday afternoon.
I'm sitting there and glanced over to my right and saw a gentleman approaching wearing a "Vietnam Veteran" baseball cap.
I stepped down from my bleacher seat and walked to him and told him, "Thank you for serving our great country and Welcome Home."
He replied, "Thank you. I appreciated that."
He later came up to me (I was wearing my USS PIEDMONT (AD-17) baseball cap adorned with three pins, an American Flag, A Second Class Crow, and A Diving helmet) and he said, "You were a Second Class?" I affirmed. "When did you get out?" "'67." "That's when it was just heating up". I nodded and he thanked me.
I don't seek recognition, but I go out of my way to offer a word of thanks to any and all Veterans. The only active duty personnel here work at the recruiting stations or the local Guard unit so we rarely see anyone in uniform. They too get a special thank you.
Hand Salute........two.