Thank you (and thanks for starting this thread!). I am always very happy I have never had to travel overseas to get shot at, but I certainly appreciate the sacrifice of those who did. My dad was in the Marines during WWII and was posted on the Marshall Islands. He didn't see any fighting, and always made it sound like he was off on a lark, hanging out at the beach and cracking coconuts...but at some point I noticed how close the Marshalls are to Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, and Pearl Harbor...yikes.