Here's to all the Veterans

Veteran's Day always make me think of my three favorite veterans: my grandfather, Uncle Bill and old neighbor Gordon Mayfield.  

Grandpa was an Army Master Sergeant who fought in Italy  and saw Rome fall.

I'm not a real rah rah guy, but bar none the proudest I have ever been in my life was seeing the stars and stripes draped on his casket.  The lady from his church played O Sole Mio on the piano

He wasn't Italian, his time in Italy meant that much to him.

Uncle Bill was a submariner in the Pacific. His stories of 

life on a sub used to fascinate me and give me nightmares.

Gordon Mayfield won a couple of bronze stars in France 

and came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day. Getting stories from him was like pulling teeth. You would have never known he was a bona fide war hero.

And heres to one I don't know: Frank Buckles. Now that is an interesting life.