In honor of those who sacrificed some or all for the life and freedoms that we all have now I thought I would read to you some excerpts from various correspondence from a few individuals that served. One is during WWI and the others are WWII. I have left the links if you want to look further into the lives and experiences of others like them during these and other times. 
(Library of Congress: The Veterans History Project) https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/veterans-stories-the-veterans-history-project/
(Diary of Albert John Carpenter) http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp-stories/loc.natlib.afc2001001.00225/
http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp-stories/loc.natlib.afc2001001.00225/zoomturner?ID=pm0003001&page=1
(Tracy A Sugarman) http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp-stories/loc.natlib.afc2001001.05440/
(Denton W Crocker Collection) http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp-stories/loc.natlib.afc2001001.00392/
http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp-stories/loc.natlib.afc2001001.00392/zoomturner?ID=pm0001001&page=1

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