Veteran's Day. So many mixed emotions. Pride, love, sadness, and grief.
The two veterans closest to me are my brother and my daddy.
My brother Mike lost his battle with agent orange induced diabetes 6 years ago. He was a man everyone loved: a good son, brother, husband, father and grandfather. RIP Mike.

My daddy served as one of the greatest generation in WWII. Fortunately he returned home unscathed to his wife and daughter and went on to have another daughter, ME!, and two sons, one of whom was Mike. Love you Daddy and thanks to all the others of the greatest generation.

Finally, our family has a long and rich heritage of veterans from the American Revolution to Vietnam. If you love the Alabama song Proud to be an American you will love this video link. I may yet discover other family veterans, but this is a tribute to all those I know of at this time. 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYNyOYCAp1I

Family Veteran Salute: Tombstones and gravesites of family veterans from the American Revolution through Vietnam. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYNyOYCAp1I