I run into vets at my day job (fewer and fewer of the ww2 guys, obviously). And for about a decade I worked a part-time job with a Korean War vet that I later found out had been in multiple combat engagements.

These guys can impart more wisdom in a sentence than you can get in a semester of school.

And.... I always have the distinct impression they can kill me where I stand. Sure, it would hurt their arthritis-riddled bodies, but I'm 110% sure they all have at least 'one good kill' left in them, if it's necessary.

Gran Torino was a movie, but it could be a documentary for many of these guys. Don't fuck with them. They are way scarier than gang thugs.

Much respect.

I run into vets at my day job (fewer and fewer of the ww2 guys, obviously). And for about a decade I worked a part-time job with a Korean War vet that I later found out had been in multiple combat engagements.

These guys can impart more wisdom in a sentence than you can get in a semester of school.

And.... I always have the distinct impression they can kill me where I stand. Sure, it would hurt their arthritis-riddled bodies, but I'm 110% sure they all have at least 'one good kill' left in them, if it's necessary.

Much respect.