Today on Veterans Day, I send my heartfelt thanks to all those who have served in the military, not in the least forgetting those brave family members left behind to hold up the home front. I am proud of my husband Gene who served 6 and 1/2 years in the Air Force, with one year in Vietnam and 6 months TDY to Korea during the Pueblo missile crisis. My father Grover Carpenter of Alabama served in the Army Air Corps (now Air Force) in the Pacific during WWII. An interesting coincidence--both my dad and Gene were in the Air Force, both made staff sergeant, and both were plane engine mechanics (Gene worked on jet engines). Through study but no proof, I wonder if my dad may have had an Indian ancestor way back in the early 1800s in KY. Some of his family names in Alabama and later TX--Griffith, Johnson, Sansom, Oliver--may have been intermarried white/Indian. Gene's DNA test showed 20% native heritage on his mother's side, though he hasn't figured out yet which tribe(s) and has not done any tests on his dad's side. We Americans are such a blessed, diverse people and should be proud of all our warriors and their service Mvto--thank you. Carolyn Funderburk