Toledo<\/i><\/a> in peacetime, between Korea and Viet Nam. As a Lieutenant JG, he commanded the #2 8″ gun turret. He never, so far as I know, was in actual combat. But he could have been. He could have been called upon to kill others, to order others into danger, and to die himself. <\/p>\nI don’t know if I have that sort of courage. Because of his service, and the service of so many others, I hope I never have to find out.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>They are the veterans of this country.<\/p>\n