Everyday Valor

My friend - a Vietnam vet and successful architect - just told me a couple interesting stories. One of them is that he turned down 3 Purple Hearts - although offered - because he wasn't seriously wounded in combat and felt that it would lessen the honor for those who had been.

Yesterday he saw a returning soldier in line at the local deli. He could tell the soldier was fresh off the plane, dog tags and GI t-shirt and all. My friend welcomed him back, thanked him for his service, and then bought him lunch...and nobody else made a move or said a word!

Character - we can show valor every day