My original post should have been taken in its totality, which wasn't one of "bragging" but rather the story of one common man who did his duty and more, then paid for it for the rest of his days with memories many of us wouldn't have been able to endure.
An all to common tale.
On the other hand, I just finished reading "American Sniper." Now that's a different cat. We'll have to see how he's holding up 20 years from now when the buzz goes down a bit.
The American public in particular rightly carries a collective guilt about the way it damned its Vietnam veterans. The so-called "fawning" you see today is still a lingering result of that.
Nevertheless, I am genuinely grateful for the service provided not only by those who died, but those who lived defending the right for people to be doofuses in this thread.
You have more to be thankful for because of them.
Cowperson
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