Just a reminder

I found this picture on another blog, Atlas Shrugs, of Joseph Ambrose, an 86 year old veteran of WWI. It was taken in 1982 at the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. He is holding the flag that had covered the coffin of his son, killed in action during the Korean War.

I bumped into a young man in a dress uniform the other day. From his face my eyes went to his left upper chest. He had a number of medals there but the one that stood out was the Purple Heart. If you go to the Wikipedia entry scroll down to the bottom to the part that mentions the left-over Purple Hearts from the cancelled invasion of Japan. They are still being issued.