Nice ‘room.
Unfortunately it is all too appropriate to the situation.
I remember back during Vietnam, the bus stopped at a local restaurant.
During the war, I can’t remember a single returning vet who paid for his meal.
Some local citizen would quietly pay for it, the vet would get a hug from the waitress and a thumbs up from the cook.
Though I miss him, I’m glad my daddy isn’t around to see how we treat the most deserving of us.