Marian Carmona: Yes, all who are willing to serve are real heroes
Re “Reserve praise for real heroes” (Letters, April 5): Everyone is permitted their opinions, but if you think our men and women join the military just to have a job, you are sadly mistaken. If you think “being shot at in a different country” has nothing to do with your freedom, you are sadly mistaken again.
I guess you have never been to a VA hospital and seen the results of war on these heroes. Any person who puts his or her life on the line protecting my freedom is a hero. You call it “hero worship;” I call it thanking all veterans for their service. As I said before, I praise them for protecting my freedom.
Marian Carmona, Denair
This story was originally published April 6, 2016 at 11:48 AM with the headline "Marian Carmona: Yes, all who are willing to serve are real heroes."