I’ve long lost memory of, but most of the stories were about the typical GI complaint of “hurry up and wait”. He met a French girl he wanted to marry but his father wouldn’t allow it - that’s what society was like back in the 40’s

My Dad was also not into telling stories since he was in the grisliest of Army jobs as a doctor working in advancing field hospitals on the Italian mainland. He did talk about the miserable food, and how, when they reached Rome, they tossed hand grenades into a Vatican City pond to harvest fresh carp.

My father in law was a Navy 'frogman'. The predecessors of SEALS. He served in the south pacific -without the benefit of scuba gear- clearing the way for landing craft. He also never wanted to talk about it.

One of the best captains I employed drove everything from brown water patrol craft to destroyers during the VietNam war. He also never wanted to talk much about it.

Those guys, never wearing their heart on their sleeves, so to speak, are such a contrast to those extreme rightwing vets of today who do tout their service as though it's a testament to some greater pool of wisdom that everybody else.

Hey, thank you for your service, but let's be real. Doing a tour or two that didn't make you suddenly qualified to decide what's best for everybody or legislate. Brian Kolfage is a crook. Chris Kyle was an idiot done in by his own ammosexuality.