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Don't we all!

While I was in college, I was extremely lucky to get to know the man who became the only grandfather I've ever known. An excellent welder and machinist, he taught me a number of things, both while I was working for them at the machine shop and when we were just hanging out. He was a great man...

Here are a couple of pictures of my father in uniform, while he was serving during Vietnam. He wasn't really a part of my life, but I did track him down and travel to visit him not long before he passed away last year. When he heard of my service during the visit, he showed me these...

Entry #2

Thank you for this thread. Entry #1 I was Army, myself, but the greatest man I've ever known was a retired Navy NCO. My godfather left the Chippewa reservation he was raised on when he was sixteen, and joined the Navy as soon as he could. After over thirty years of service to our country...