Before we leave Veteran's Day, let me share with you my memories of coming back from war. I flew on a C-141 Starlifter from Danang to Travis Air Force Base in September of 1971. It was a plane full of wounded men. We were so happy when we landed. It was good to be back in the USA. As we walked off the plane, each of us received a mimeographed piece of paper with the words :"President Richard M. Nixon thanks you for your service." The only welcome that I got was from my first wife. We went to a motel. We enjoyed a first-time experience of a water bed. No one ever correctly thanked us for our service. It took me 36 years to get the Purple Heart that I had earned.
Life takes us in many strange directions and wonderful discoveries. It never turns out the way we thought it would.
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