Remember last century when everyone was saying “Have a nice day!!!” ?
“Thank you for your service” rings just as hollow to me.
That, and calling every veteran a hero …
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The kid called him a hero. The young serviceman did not refer to himself as one, nor to the older man. But the kid thought of them both that way.
To be hated and called a baby killer is more hollow than “Thank you for service,” in my opinion.
Thank God we have some nice people trying to make us feel appreciated today.
Do you think that the haters from our generation have gone away? A fellow Vietnam Vet buddy of mine who lives a couple of blocks down the street got a typed and unsigned note in his windshield saying some of those hateful things that we heard so often back then: that he should have died back then, that we were butchers and criminals.
I wonder what the veterans of Normandy or Iwo would have felt about fellow Americans carrying the Japanese or Nazi flags in the street and chanting their support of the enemy? I wonder how they would have reacted to be spat on or denied service in restaurants when they wore their uniforms after they got back?
If there are some younger people now who want to thank us for our service and even call us heroes, I would welcome it very graciously.