VETERANS DAY REMEMBERED

girls in Nam. For all I know he could have died a virgin.

Now I am getting ready to turn 70.

I have watched a man walk on the moon - and watched that same man die of old age. I have seen my beloved Buckeyes win 3 National Championships. I have used a computer and spoken on a cell phone. I have watched the final episode of Game of Thrones - on an HDTV no less. I drive something called a "hybrid" and worry about Global Warming. I communicate with friends I have never seen on something called a "message board".

I have seen both a black man and a crazy man elected President. I have buried my parents.

I have a comfortable retirement and winter in Florida. My two children have given me six grandchildren - one ready to graduate from HS himself.

I have lived a life.

Joe Reese has been dead for 52 years - and managed to get his name engraved on a wall.

This is what I think about every Memorial Day.