October 28, 2008

Nobody Remembers Anymore


I was in Kroger’s yesterday getting the fixin’s for some Monday Night Football ham & beans when I noticed an old man in his mid to late 80’s with one of those black baseball caps with the silhouette of a ship on it. As I got closer to him I could see the cap said USS Lexington.

I approached the man and asked him if he served on the Lexington and whether he was at the battle of Coral Sea. He said yes.

I shook his hand and said “Thank you and well doneâ€