I never served myself.. I was temporarily in a foreign Country at the time I should have been enlisted, but I have the upmost respect for every Veteran out there. I thank every one I see with a WWII hat (getting in short supply), or Vietnam Vet hat on. My grandfather was a tailgunner for the AirForce in WWII. Got shot down in a B27, and had to escape the canopy hatch, parachute up, and jump. Got captured by the Germans, and spent 2 years in a concentration camp. It really fucked him up as you could imagine. Those kids (the crew) weighed an average of 120 lbs to keep the take off weight at the limit with fuel and armaments. They knew going in that they had a 70% chance of not coming back... how do you think todays 18 year olds would feel about that?