I know this isn't a social media site but I've got to share something that just happened. My company has a pretty long history with Veterans and each Veteran's Day my company provides prior military employees a pretty nice lunch and has a guest speaker. This year it was a 96 yr old WWII Vet. Multiple Purple hearts, 2 Silver Star's and 3 Bronze. He was hard to understand and he mumbled in the way that old men do as he was telling stories from Normandy. He teared up as he remembered the beach and the G.I.'s floating in the water, and then again as he dug a body out of the sand, only to find out the kid was alive and holding him for all he was worth. He then spoke of how he's been chosen to attend a veteran's day ceremony next year in D.C. and he's being nominated for some award. Then his voice became clear and he sounded like he was 18 again as he said I don't want no damn award, you need to give an award to… and he proceeded to list off the names of over 20 of his friends and the towns they were from. It startled me to realize how much of an impact losing those friends meant to him. I'm proud to have served my country, but was humbled and amazed by the strength of character of this 96 year old many and his love for the country.