Remember, we must...but it's slowly being forgotten by many. Sadly the government has cut back on Veterans benefits, including death benefits...used to be every veteran was entitled to death benefits ($$$) and a full military funeral with firing squad and honor detail, now all a veteran is guaranteed is a stone and a flag. Fortunately, Missouri has taken up the slack and started it's own Military Honors program, staffed by Reservists and National Guard folks...all Veterans deserve this, but I shudder to think that not all Veterans in all states are as lucky as those here in the Show-Me State.
And being the day after the Pearl Harbor anniversary, I thought it appropriate to recommend a couple books I just finished, each of which cover the initial response from the U.S.A. in the immediate days and months after Pearl Harbor. "The First Heroes" covered the Doolittle Raid, about the attack on Japan in the Asian Theater, while "An Army at Dawn" covered the first Allied offensive in the European Theater, with an attack on the Algerian/Tunisian coast. I read them at the same time, as their timelines were almost parallel...I'd *HIGHLY* recommend both...and "An Army at Dawn" is the first of a trilogy of books, even.
