Remembering the Veterans in My Life

Veterans Day is a day to say thank you, and I have more people to thank than I realized until I sat down to write this. Three generations of my family have served, and each of them came home a little different.

My paternal grandfather was born and raised in Manchester, England, and became a naturalized U.S. citizen. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II and came home with some souvenirs…