As the dust begins to settle after Tuesday’s F5 tornado (An F6 tornado is possible but no one has ever observed one. Perhaps we’ll see one in 2012, from the other direction), dust chasers—Thank you, Doug—are beginning to set their sights on the future.
In the very near future, Thursday, November 11, we will be celebrating Veterans Day.
Veterans Day is a day to honor America’s veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good.
Of course, every man or woman who has honorably served our nation in the military is a patriot and is honored on Veterans Day.
There are some who have gone that one step farther, who have done that one deed that is truly “above and beyond,” and I am honored that I have met one of those veterans.
I have written about her before, but her story can’t be repeated often enough. So, here it is again, on the occasion of Veterans Day 2010.
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The author is a retired U.S. Air Force officer and a writer.