Oh man, I read that out loud over the phone to my girlfriend and had to stop a couple of times to get a hold of my emotions.
What a fantastic, positive story.
Thanks for posting it.
My God, what a story. If you want to hear something that’ll cause your eyes to well up, look up his guest spot on The Tonight Show from about forty years ago; the one where he read a poem he wrote about his dog, Beau. I was blubbering like a baby by the time he got done; I think the only time I ever cried harder in my life was on the day my father passed away. I wish I’d have gone into the Air Force and not the Army like I originally intended - it would have been an honor serving under him.