I can tell from your post that you and your husband would have been very moved by the loud and sustained applause that I mentioned we in the congregation broke into during Father Mike's remarks.
This was a gathering that appreciates our veterans!
I know I had tears in my eyes and I wasn't alone.
My husband hasn't let the reception he got when he got back ruin his life, or make him terribly cynical...
BUT, when the campaign for Kerry started and he started touting his Vietnam record, I could see some anger in his eyes that I hadn't seen in our 33 years of marriage...
It wasn't just Kerry, it was the whole way that congress let those traitors (IMHO) have the platform, and even rewarded the Kerry's of the world back then...