[ollie]

I never thought this would happen again. After four years active duty, I went to a small college in South West Virginia. I was 4 years older than my classmates and a bit wiser also being a veteran. During the summer, I wasn't acosted much but when the weather turned cold, I wore my peacoat with my DC crow on the sleeve and the snickering started. Not much granted but it was there. Especially with an Economics professor who had no use for vets.

Eventually, I made good friends with a marine and an army guy and we made it all the way through graduation together as History majors. We stayed within our little circle, we were all married and invited each other to our homes for dinner once a week. We all lived off campus so we didn't have to deal with the neanderthals calling us baby killers and such.

When will people learn what a valuable asset vets are?

ollie