A ceremonial guardsman from the 509th Bomb Wing Honor Guard salutes during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner at a wing retreat ceremony in honor of Memorial Day at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., May 24, 2012. Memorial Day was officially proclaimed in 1868 and became widespread by 1902. It was named a federal holiday in 1971. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nick Wilson)
Overwhelmingly, we volunteered for tough jobs that put us in harm’s way, did them well, and came home. That’s admirable. But it doesn’t mean we deserve a parking space more than a single parent with a small child. It doesn’t mean we deserve a job more than the forty-something-year-old teacher who just got laid off.
— Richard Allen Smith (A veteran’s plea: Stop coddling us)
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