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As a new paratrooper, I was struck by all the T-shirts on base emblazoned with the motto “Death from above!” Later I noticed a submariner with a T-shirt that declared “Death from below!” Then, standing in line for chow one day, I was served by an Army cook. His T-shirt had a skull with a…

The day after the Haitian earthquake, I got a frantic call from my daughter in Florida. “What’s wrong?” I asked. “Nate’s been called up by the National Guard. He’s going to Haiti,” she said. Then came the tears: “I didn’t even know we were at war with Haiti!” –Thomas Jordan Provided Courtesy of Reader’s Digest.…

As the soldier drove up to the Air Force base gate, my husband, who was on security detail at the time, had an inkling that the driver might have had a few. What gave him away? The guy thought he was at a tollbooth and handed my husband a dollar bill. –Michelle Bruce Provided Courtesy…

I was in our local VA hospital when a clerk began scolding a veteran who’d lit up a cigarette in a no-smoking area. “Sir!” she barked. “When did you start smoking?” The conversation came to a halt when he replied, “In Vietnam, right after that first bomb dropped.” -Dorothy Kreipke-Millerped Provided Courtesy of Reader’s Digest.…
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