Veteran's Day

Yesterday, we paused to remember all of the men and women who have in the past and are currently fighting to keep our country free. Thank you to all of you.
If Byron's father had not passed away last month, yesterday, he would have celebrated his 92nd birthday. Yes, on Veteran's Day. Fred served in WWII-- through five major campaigns. He worked as the crew chief for a P51 Mustang Unit. The first pilot he served under was shot down. The second pilot, was a well known General-- General Kepner, who was over the 8th Air Force. I always enjoyed hearing Fred's stories of his time during the war. I don't think they realized they were doing anything spectacularly brave-- they were just doing what needed to be done.
One final, very interesting fact-- Fred was born in 1918 on the day of what became the very first "Veterans Day"--- Armistice Day, the end of WWI.