It is Memorial Day weekend and many have served and many have lost loved ones.
Gramps was an inventor who migrated from Germany just prior to WW2. My uncle was in nuke subs (like Tripod) hell in water. Everyone in my family is a Doctor it seems. I was just a rescue swimmer in the CG and planned things in Iraq that got me a great job in Germany. Gramps was a key developer for the Pom-Pom gun (all I can share).
My heroes have always been my inspiration.