We think of them as those old guys we know but remember, they were all kids when all that happened. 17 to 25 for the vast majority. Youngsters with their whole lives in front of them, and so many cut down before they had really started living. That is what they sacrificed so that we could live free.

We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.