This Veterans Day

[Mistress Charlotte]

Something I posted in Colorado that I would like to share.

http://www.renaissancefestival.com/forums/index.php?topic=4572.msg85098#msg85098

[Professor M]

A very nice tribute to your father, Charlotte.  I was quite touched to read it.

My father was also a first-generation American and fought in World War II.  Although he was Army, he spent a large portion of his war service as a Ship's Gunner in the South Pacific.  He was stationed in Australia and New Guinea, and he kept in touch with friends he made there for the rest of his life.

I also had a brother who served in Vietnam.  He was one of the lucky ones who made it home.  Then, shortly after announcing his wife's pregnency and buying a new home, he was killed by a drunk driver.

I miss them both dearly.