I was invited to an event at the Vietnam Memorial in Frankfort, Ky today. There was a communication issue that caused us to miss the event, but we did have the privilege to meet Franco Cottrell, a former POW during the Vietnam war.
Like most men that I have met like him, who have endured great trials, Mr. Cottrell was a gracious man with a good sense of humor.
I also ran into the young man on the right end of the group shot (in the next post), whom I had not seen for many years... He went by Papa Smurf when I saw him last and he road a trike with a 4-cylinder Ford motor. He did not look a day older than when I last saw him some 15 years or more ago.
It was a good day. It is always an honor to meet with men like these that know that freedom comes at a price. It is an honor and a privilege.