[jmcarter]

Chevy55 your post is similar to my thinking about all of those who’s names are on all the memorials around the country, particularly the One in DC with 58,000+ names on it. Many were like others of us who grew up in the Muscle Car era. We were hooked on drag racing and once hooked you can never really unplug. Many never got to join our racing ranks, they were simply denied the opportunity because their country called upon them to write a blank check. I joined the Air Force in 1971 and soon found myself a medic in northern Thailand, supporting part of the “secret” war to the North. My personal story dims in comparison to those of you like Gary who still bear the scars or Jimmy who lost a brother but all of our stories combine in retelling that freedom is not free. All Americans should stand next to those memorials from time to time, we’d be a better nation for it.