DU Veterans Roll Call

[Jarqui]

42. I wore a uniform for a while but wasn't in harm's way

so I wouldn't dare put myself on the same pedestal of those who were in harm's way and I remember today:

My father
Father-in-law
Uncle
Great Uncle
Grandfather

None died on the battlefield so I guess we were somewhat lucky. Three were badly wounded, suffering devastating, irreparable life altering injuries that ruined and curtailed their lives. For many decades, my siblings and I were forbidden to ask about my grandfather because of the anguish it brought my mother.