Dad "in country" in Korea, I'm guessing...
If you were a fan of the TV series "MASH", you might have noticed that Korea was always freezing cold - except when it was sweltering hot.. A lot like Texas that way..
I usually don’t think of Dad as a veteran, I think of him as a Dad. A hard-working, devoted father and family man who did whatever he had to to take care of his wife and kids. But he was a veteran. A US Marine with a Good Conduct Medal, a World War II Victory Medal, a Korean Theater Ribbon, and a Presidential Unit Citation (with star) for the fire that his unit endured during the Inchon Landing..
But one of the lessons he learned and passed on was that once you sign the dotted line, your life is not your own. The Marines, or any other branch of the Service will use you, your strength, and your very life as they see fit.
As Michael Berry says, that’s a hell of a thing to give up voluntarily. We owe veterans an awful lot more than we give them.
Dad "in country" in Korea, I'm guessing...
If you were a fan of the TV series "MASH", you might have noticed that Korea was always freezing cold - except when it was sweltering hot.. A lot like Texas that way..
I usually don’t think of Dad as a veteran, I think of him as a Dad. A hard-working, devoted father and family man who did whatever he had to to take care of his wife and kids. But he was a veteran. A US Marine with a Good Conduct Medal, a World War II Victory Medal, a Korean Theater Ribbon, and a Presidential Unit Citation (with star) for the fire that his unit endured during the Inchon Landing..
But one of the lessons he learned and passed on was that once you sign the dotted line, your life is not your own. The Marines, or any other branch of the Service will use you, your strength, and your very life as they see fit.
As Michael Berry says, that’s a hell of a thing to give up voluntarily. We owe veterans an awful lot more than we give them.