11th
November
2009
Veterans’ Day
posted in Holidays and Festivals, NaBloPoMo |
My father was a veteran–he joined the Army at the end of WWII, and spent a year or two in Japan as part of the Occupation Army. My uncle, too, was a veteran, who was also in Japan at the same time. I never knew whether dad joined first, or Uncle C.; they were best of friends beforehand, and Uncle C. returned home to marry my father’s sister.
My brother joined the army as a way to pay for college. For two years, he was stationed in Germany and wrote long, funny letters to anyone who would send a letter back, illustrated with little comic characters and drawings. Since I was one of the ones who wrote back, I got a lot of letters from him.
Just a thank you to all the veterans out there.
