On this day of honor and reflection, I wish to pause and add my thanks to the millions of brave men and women who have served and are now serving our country in the military. I grew up during the Vietnam War, a period of US history where feelings about the military and war where very confused. However, to the members of the “Greatest Generation” in my family, military service was considered an unequivocal privilege and an honor. Four of my uncles are veterans. My mother served in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) during the Korean War, and my aunt Lilah was a career WAC. Those of us who have never personally faced the horrors of war can only stand in awe of those who had the fortitude and courage to serve this way. We salute you!
“History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.”
— Dwight D. Eisenhower