ITS VETERANS DAY.  MY HATS OFF TO ALL VETERANS LIVING AND DEAD.  WE PUT OUR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR OUR COUNTRY.  FOR MOST OF US IT WAS A MILITARY RECESS IN OUR LIVES, AWAY FROM HOME AND LOVED ONES.  ON THE PLUS SIDE WE WERE WITNESS TO HISTORY.

I RECALL ONE DAY WHEN SAILING INTO MANILA, A SAILOR CALLED MY ATTENTION TO THE LAND TO OUR LEFT. IT WAS BATAAN AND CORREGIDOR.  THE DEATH MARCH WAS OVER, BUT 10,000 HAD DIED AT THE HANDS OF SAVAGE JAPANESE.  LATER I SAW MEN DIE NEAR ME.  ITS HARD TO FORGIVE AN ENEMY AND I AM REMINDED OF THE WAR WITH MANY PASSING CARS.  

HUG A VETERAN TODAY!