It’s been a long time since I served on active status in the USNR. In the early 1960’s, I served on a security force at the Point Mugu (California) Naval Air Station, and later as an avionics repairman and as an air crewman.

Some of those duties could be considered hazardous, but it was nothing compared to the hazards seen by those who served before me and by those who served after me. I may be a veteran, but this day is for all of them who ever served or will serve in harm’s way. Bless ‘em all, the long, the short and the tall.

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