"It's okay, it's just a little blood," he replies, "nothing I haven't seen before."
"Were you in the medical field?" I ask, curiously.
"Oh no," he says. "I was at Omaha Beach."
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All I could say to him was thank you. Our worst day in the ER is nothing, absolutely nothing, compared to what those who fight have seen.

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Originally posted March 28 2010. Worthy of posting every day. Thank you, to all those who give me my freedom.
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