On this the day of the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month a story:
My late father's dad had already finished Purdue or was just about done when America entered WW I
and so he enlisted into the military and during the war the U.S. was shipping a lot of material through
Puerto Rico. My Grandfather was good with #s and forms used in shipping* and they gave him a choice
of going to Europe for the war or being a shipping clerk in Puerto Rico. "They" told him if he choose
Puerto Rico he would never be an officer to which he said Puerto Rico sounds good to me.
I have no doubts that Granddad's choice of Puerto Rico is why my dad and then later I was born.
Thanx to all of our men and women her were and are now vets.
* We now call that stuff logistics.
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Not everyone shoots a gun, not everyone sees combat, but they all made sacrifices.
It's because of them that we are free.
