(UNEDITED)I was grateful to see Clyde Faucetts letter on the Pacific war veterans . I have met many veterans of many wars through my travels and have made it a point to sincerely thank them for their service. Many, I have found, and was shocked to discover, had never been thanked, and want no more than just a simple gesture that shows some awareness. Usually, they don't even want that. But to many veterans that simple expression of gratitude often means more than the word can express. It seems that many of us who have never served in the military are apathetic about this particular topic. I never served in the military but I understand that it is to our military men and women we owe our freedoms. They, not politicians, are the ones willing to lay down their lives for our everyday securities, liberties and quality of life we so much take for granted.
