"What is heredity?"
"Something a father believes in until his son starts to act like a fool."
HEROES
"So you won the Distinguished Service Cross for conspicuous bravery in extreme danger. Didn't you feel shaky?"
"Not until I lined up for the general to pin it on me."
An average American soldier.
One opportunity to serve.
Equal parts of danger and courage.
A sense of duty.
A hot enemy fire.
The other day I met in the street a man in uniform. His coat sleeves were embroidered from shoulder to cuff with bars, stripes, insignia and chevrons of the most gorgeous colors and fantastic designs. My curiosity was too much for me, and I was about to stop and question him, when I discovered he had already halted and was bursting to tell me.