What Lives They Live

I have an old friend, that as a young kid, lied about his age to enter the Military during WW II.. Ol "Wobbly" was in 4 European "Great Battles", and also others in the Pacific of that war, and carries many scars from them.. Some visible and others only in his memories..
Only on special occasions has he ever been coaxed into tellin any of what happened during that time, and most of what he talked about, was his friends that he lost in those battles..
I remembered many of the names he talked about, because they are on the Memorial down by the County Courthouse.. Another ol friend of mine was the one that worked HARD to get that Memorial..
It was about the last thang ol Pop did before he died.. He worked on gettin it for several years and many letters and calls and hours spent plannin it.. I helped him when I could.. Sometimes drivin him somewhere when he was too sick or tired or hurtin to drive himself.. I often wonder if that was all that was keepin Pop alive..
Remember to respect those who chose to put your life above theirs and defended this Country from the horrors of war on our own ground.. God Bless Em All..