A Privilege
Charlie’s grandma and grandpa drove down here for a visit, and got home last week. While there is much to tell about the visit, and how much Charlie loved having them around, there was something that happened on their trip home that I felt was very blog-worthy.
Keith (grandpa) is a Korean War veteran. It’s one of those things he never really talks about, but he does have a license plate frame on his car with his former military company on it. He got it a few years ago when he went to a reunion of his fellow soldiers.
While driving home from Florida last week, they stopped in a small town to get gas (I think it was in Tennessee). A young man walked up to Keith and asked if that was his car. Keith replied it was. The young man then thanked Keith for his service in the military.
Keith said that this was the first time this had happened to him. Of course, he tried to downplay it, saying it was a privilege to serve. But I could tell it meant a lot to him to have this stranger say it to him.
You know, thanking military for their service had almost gotten passé for me. Every time a military person comes on talk radio, the host seems to make a big deal of thanking them. I had forgotten that there are veterans out there from other wars who may have never heard this.
Keith (grandpa) is a Korean War veteran. It’s one of those things he never really talks about, but he does have a license plate frame on his car with his former military company on it. He got it a few years ago when he went to a reunion of his fellow soldiers.
While driving home from Florida last week, they stopped in a small town to get gas (I think it was in Tennessee). A young man walked up to Keith and asked if that was his car. Keith replied it was. The young man then thanked Keith for his service in the military.
Keith said that this was the first time this had happened to him. Of course, he tried to downplay it, saying it was a privilege to serve. But I could tell it meant a lot to him to have this stranger say it to him.
You know, thanking military for their service had almost gotten passé for me. Every time a military person comes on talk radio, the host seems to make a big deal of thanking them. I had forgotten that there are veterans out there from other wars who may have never heard this.
Charlie's grandpa, Keith's, oldest brother was in WWII and enlisted for the Korean War. He wanted so badly to look after his little brother. He was in many of the battles in WWII that are now in our history books. He doesn't talk about much about it either, but sometimes he'll share bits and pieces of what he went through. They all deserve every bit of a "big deal" that we can give them. MississippiKin
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