[Old and Reliable]

Thank you Robin. Two of my best friends are remembered with their names on that black wall in D.C. The 1960's and the Vietnam War were a turbulent time for our Country. We can look back and possibly judge the mistakes that were made that caused those 58,323 names to have been put there, also the MIA and POW personnel that may never be accounted for.

Those names are honored whenever we stand for the Flag and remove our hats at a parade or do the same when the National Anthem is played or sung at a sports event or other public venue. We also honor them when we buy a VFW buddy poppy, fly the flag from our homes, and when we see a Veteran and not just on the 11th of November, thank him for his service to America.

Two songwriters of note came from the 1960's: Bob Dylan and Kris Krisstofferson, the later was a Ranger, the former, somehow managed not to have to serve. No matter now, but Bob Dylan wrote, in my opinion anyway, the best song that depicts the tragic events any war can cause- he entitled it "John Brown"-- Semper Fi!!