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I come from a family of military people.

My father was in World War II.

He was in the Battle of the Bulge.

Did not like to talk about it a lot.

I asked him many questions as a kid, and he just kind of shied away. I always remember

him being very short when he was talking about things that I asked him. And then my exposure was

in high school to the Vietnam War. Of course, we all saw what was happening there. And we didn't

give the troops a warm welcome when they came home.

We should have.

It was not their fault.

It was not a just war.

We should never have been involved in Vietnam, in my opinion.

But we should not have blamed the troops for that

and should have given them the honor and respect that they so duly deserved.

And eventually I went into the Navy and spent nine years there as a full lieutenant,

which is like a captain in the Army, in the Marines, and the Air Force, and everything else.

And in a moment, you're going to hear from Danion Brinkley,

who is the founder of the not-for-profit Twilight Brigade in the Brinkley Foundation, where his work focuses on the veterans fighting after

their return from war, helping hundreds of veterans pass to the other side as well,

making sure they are not alone. Before we go to our break, a special tribute to our men and women in the service,

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