[Illbay]

Thanks for your replies to this thread. It is comforting to know I"m not the only one.

I don't cry easily, but the tears have managed to come several times when I have seen these faces.

[Neets]

No, you are not the only one!

I am conflicted between a deep sense of pride for these men and women who serve our country so selflessly, and give their lives in that service, and my utter sadness that they will not live to see their childen grow and have children of their own..and that will not live to see the good their selfless actions have done in the name of freedom.