For a Vietnam Veteran, who came home to a culture of those who fought in a foriegn war were to be shunned and spit on, I didn't speak of my service until many years later, I was fortunaate to be invited on an honor flight to Washington DC. It was there that people of all ages would approach me and thank me for my service. Since then, when I am thanked for my service, I shake their hand and thank them back. But, when a youngster comes up to me and thanks me, I shake their hand and also give th...