Remembering our service men and women

As Veterans’ Day approaches, I begin reminiscing.

When I was about eight or nine years old, my father introduced me to Sgt. Wilburn Ross at Fort Lewis. All the non-coms and officers looked up to Sgt. Ross in total awe and reverence. We were in the presence of greatness. I thought then, and do so now think, that this man, a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, walked on water! Years later I would understand what he did as Private Ross on October 30, 1944, near St. Jacques, France. Single-handedly, he killed or wounded at least 58 German soldiers and saved the remnants of his company,...