On Veterans Day, Americans gather to pay a debt of gratitude to the generations who’ve answered the call to serve in the armed forces of the United States.
From Bunker Hill to Belleau Wood, from San Juan Hill to Saipan, from the Coral Reef to Kandahar, nearly 50 million men and women have donned the uniform of the United States, and nearly 20 million veterans still walk among us.
Today a new generation of American heroes and veterans is being forged around the nation and around the world. Our veterans really don’t consider themselves heroes — most of them reject the very thought of it.
My dad, a combat veteran from the Korean War, used to say with humility that the heroes were the guys who didn’t make it home.
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