One final thought for this Memorial Day

I was checking my Facebook page, and found this a a comment to another person’s status. I’m not sure of the author; neither was the commenter and Google is no help.

A veteran – whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve – is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to “‘The United States of America”, for an amount “up to, and including my life”. That is honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it.–Author unknown