“You would be amazed how common it is for people to throw this stuff out”
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My beloved husband (and myself) were active duty.
He’s got a medal that sounds really ‘fluffy.’
Because I can read between the lines, every few years I would ask him about the details and after being married 32 years he still won’t tell me what it was he did to earn that medal.
I like to look at older folks (even when younger) and imagine what they did in their youth/mid-age years. The oldest, bent over, slow moving folks really would stun folks, I think, if we could see their past.
I hope to have another 30 years of life with him; hopeful before he leaves this earthly realm he’ll tell me the story.
A lot of guys would never speak of it, those who weren’t there could never really understand.