I want to share this with you. (not genealogy so delete if you wish) A older gentleman was getting a prescription today and was wearing a WW II cap. I went to him, shook his hand as I and told him, "I see you must have served in WW II, and I want thank you for doing so." He seemed to be a little surprised, but he was ready to talk some and I had a few minutes. He said he left the states for the War when his little girl was 3 months old. He said he had to change himself for the war, or he would never have made it. He became another person (seemed to be what he was describing). When he finally came home it took a long time to get back to himself. He started drinking when he got back and he had to go all the way to the bottom before he started climbing back up. He said people just do not understand and appreciate what the soldier goes through, answering the call to serve. It said it is so sad how the Viet Nam soldier were treated when they came home. No matter what people thought of the war, they should respect ! and appreciate the soldier for doing what his country asked of him. He said he believe the Iraq War was the right thing to do, but if the congress and the country had united behind the President not matter what their view on the war is, he thought the Iraq war would be over by now. I hope you don't take this as a political statement, just a old soldier expressing his thoughts to me. He touched my heart. If you do, I apologize. Jim Giddens Paris, Tx