1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,759 From an early age , I think my 2 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:05,989 grandfather and my own dad , they 3 00:00:05,989 --> 00:00:08,045 taught me to have the utmost respect 4 00:00:08,045 --> 00:00:10,211 for all the men and women that serve . 5 00:00:10,211 --> 00:00:12,159 So just being able to know that my 6 00:00:12,159 --> 00:00:14,680 grandfather served for 28 years in the 7 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:18,629 army and in the Air Force , that 8 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:21,582 it's always gave me kind of chills just 9 00:00:21,582 --> 00:00:23,638 to hear his stories and just to know 10 00:00:23,638 --> 00:00:26,000 that he was out there protecting all of 11 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:29,399 us back here at home . He served in 3 12 00:00:29,399 --> 00:00:31,750 wars . World War II , the Korean War 13 00:00:31,750 --> 00:00:34,139 and Vietnam , and Yeah , I mean , just 14 00:00:34,139 --> 00:00:36,306 all the movies that I watch , I try to 15 00:00:36,306 --> 00:00:38,680 put him into that into that area and 16 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:40,979 that perspective and and uh yeah , I 17 00:00:40,979 --> 00:00:44,340 mean just seeing . From a movie 18 00:00:44,340 --> 00:00:46,451 perspective , it's , it's weird , but 19 00:00:46,451 --> 00:00:48,979 uh . Yeah , it's , it's tough for me to 20 00:00:48,979 --> 00:00:50,930 say . I don't know he's he's just 21 00:00:50,930 --> 00:00:53,849 always been a hero to me and being , uh , 22 00:00:54,259 --> 00:00:56,481 being able to do all the sacrifice that 23 00:00:56,481 --> 00:00:58,648 he's done and coming home and with the 24 00:00:58,648 --> 00:01:00,870 injuries , he was a Purple Heart bronze 25 00:01:00,870 --> 00:01:03,037 star , uh , and being able to find the 26 00:01:03,037 --> 00:01:05,199 time to play catch with me and . Take 27 00:01:05,199 --> 00:01:08,760 fishing It's just a hero to me . 28 00:01:09,889 --> 00:01:11,778 My dad told me this story that he 29 00:01:11,778 --> 00:01:14,250 crawled into the into the tank and they 30 00:01:14,250 --> 00:01:16,361 were all yelling at him . He's like , 31 00:01:16,361 --> 00:01:18,639 no , you're you're taking me back , um , 32 00:01:18,639 --> 00:01:20,750 because he wanted to get better so he 33 00:01:20,750 --> 00:01:22,917 can get back and reenlist so he , uh . 34 00:01:22,917 --> 00:01:25,379 Served 3 years in the army , um , up 35 00:01:25,379 --> 00:01:28,089 until 1945 , and then after that he 36 00:01:28,089 --> 00:01:30,660 re-enlisted and he was in the Army Air 37 00:01:30,660 --> 00:01:33,699 Corps , which is the Air Force and . Um , 38 00:01:34,610 --> 00:01:37,930 He , I think he was just overseeing the 39 00:01:37,930 --> 00:01:40,290 transporting of soldiers and uh 40 00:01:40,290 --> 00:01:43,610 supplies for uh Korean War in Vietnam , 41 00:01:43,769 --> 00:01:46,169 so . Those , I didn't hear many stories 42 00:01:46,169 --> 00:01:48,391 about those , it's like World War 2 was 43 00:01:48,391 --> 00:01:50,447 the one that my dad and I would love 44 00:01:50,447 --> 00:01:53,269 the history of it and . Um , Yeah , I 45 00:01:53,269 --> 00:01:55,769 mean , it's just It's a shame that 46 00:01:55,769 --> 00:01:57,936 those wars had to happen , but knowing 47 00:01:57,936 --> 00:02:00,989 that my grandpa was over there and And 48 00:02:00,989 --> 00:02:03,220 just kind of out there on the lines 49 00:02:03,589 --> 00:02:05,700 because he was supposed to be a medic 50 00:02:05,700 --> 00:02:07,922 to start and one day they just woke him 51 00:02:07,922 --> 00:02:10,145 up late at night and said , hey , we're 52 00:02:10,145 --> 00:02:12,367 transferring you , put him in the Texas 53 00:02:12,367 --> 00:02:14,478 infantry . uh , and yeah , he was out 54 00:02:14,478 --> 00:02:14,029 there just .