If you haven't thanked a veteran yet, you've still got most of today to find one. Yes, it is Veterans Day, and that is Veterans without the apostrophe because it is not a day that "belongs" to veterans. It is a day for honoring all veterans.
Or as, one Mundelein resident said she told a veteran she went to grade and high school with:
"I just thought I'd write and say thank you. What's the saying, a day late and a dollar short? No, better late than never. Looking back it seems like we should have all supported the guys who went into the service . The stress and uncertainty must have been very hard on anyone in the military. And now here all these years later I see things that should have been done. I think anyone who has had to put a life on hold --- on-demand --- deserves recognition."
The Hound couldn't say it any better, except for the following he was told about, supposedly scrawled by a grunt on the side of C-ration case during the height of the Vietnam War at a firebase up near the DMZ: "To those who fight for it, life has a flavor the protected never know."
If that doesn't give you chills, nothing will.
Salute a vet today, will you?
"Looking back it seems like we should have all supported the guys who went into the service."
Hey, how 'bout us girls?
You're welcome. It was an honor to serve.
THE HOUND SEZ: Good point. And thanks.