Sunday, November 9, 2008

Thoughts on Veterans....

This coming week has Veteran's Day. I wonder what that means to people today and in this environment. We're a diverse Country with a tremendous amount of Nationalism and an equal amount of 'agree to dis-agree'...Is there really such thing as a popular war? My dad fought in the war to 'end wars' WWII. So did my father-in-law. I was a Marine from 1969-1973. That makes me a Viet Nam era veteran. That certainly wasn't a popular war. But, my musings are about what do people think of veterans these days....I'm a Vet...I don't feel like I'm different than anyone else but I guess I must be. I'll probably blog more later about being in the USMC. Who's going to care about Vets this week?

2 comments:

Jennifer Harrison said...

Oh, Damie's dad...LOVE IT....this is Jen, Damie's Triathlon coach...My dad is a Vietnam Vet and while he won't tell us too much about his experiences - he served in the late 60s/early 70s and I was born in there somewhere, so I care about the Vets! Thanks for your service! Jen H.

Damie said...

I want to hear your marine corps stories, papa!