Great story!
It's unfortunate that this generation is disappering at an alarming rate, and I think many people have forgotten the sacrifices they made so long ago. I was in my town not too long ago, and there was an old fellow that was "taking his time" in getting into a parking space, and the resulting backup of traffic, which was only three cars led to some honking horns out of the frustration of having to wait a whole 45 seconds while this fellow got situated. I noticed he had a Disabled Veteran tag, and he seemed embarassed at the honking horns, so when he got out of his car, I offered a kind word of "don't worry about it" sort of flavor. I asked him about the liscense tag on his car, and it turns out that he had been a Marine and was wounded in the back and leg during Guadalcanal. It really made my blood boil to think of the asshats who had cause this man embarassment over a 45sec wait. I also wondered what waiting 45sec on Guadalcanal would have been like in his day. I'm sure the jerks honking their horns would have a different perspective if they had experienced that hell.