Your stories are beginning to make the extraordinary seem ordinary. But, as Tommy Franks.. or someone said, the military is a mere 2% of the population. Most of us don't carry memories that evoke the "veteran's stare."
I gained another couple hundred new 'dads'.
I listened to their stories....and learned more than I can ever repay.
Tommorrow...visit a rest home...or a V.A Hospital....and you will see first hand that the extraordinary is , in those places, very ordinary.
I just write about what I have seen.
redrock