dear fourtyseven,
do me the honor, please ... next time The Traveling Wall is in town, or if you ever get to D.C., (once it has been sanitized after this administration), go to The Wall, year 1969, and say hello to Andy.
I’m a son of a military veteran family. All late - my father, both uncles, a granduncle who was at Chateau-Thierry. At age 12, i told my parents that i would be serving in SouthEast Asia. One year, 3 months, and six days after graduation from high school, I stepped off the World airways Super DC-8 onto the tarmac of U-Tapao RTNAF, and stayed till 1974.
Andy was the first in his family. His draft number was low on the list, yet he felt it his time and turn to sign up. He deserves the honor.
I will. God Bless,