S.A. veteran says service dog was kicked out of store, harassed

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41. Not a myth

Most of it happened quietly and in the shadows and backgrounds where bullies tend to congregate.

One of my brothers was in the army in 1970 and flew home, yes most of the trip was through military airports, but the final leg was on a commercial flight into Syracuse. He told us that most of the people he met in the airport were wonderful to him, but one young lady there asking for change, said "babykiller" loud enough for him to hear as he passed by. Stunned by it, he never said anything to her or anyone else about the incident. When his leave was up, he insisted on taking the bus to the airport and stopped for lunch in a small city while waiting to change buses. It was a chain restaurant, and he saw the cook spit on his burger when he pulled it off the grill. The cook and others knew that he was running close to making the bus, so again he made no fuss about it, just got up and walked out.

Other Vietnam era vets have told me similar stories, most of the interactions were very positive, very few would talk about anything negative. Just like most of the vets I have worked with (in the medical field) would rather pay their own way, or go without for medical care no matter how much they deserved it. I was told by a majority of them that, "somebody else needs it worse than I do".

For my Father, Grandfather, my 3 Vietnam era brothers, countless cousins, uncles and ancestors I would like to thank all veterans for their service