A little insight into my world

It's Memorial Day weekend. A time for memories. A time for memorializing those who have gone before and served. I have a lot of men in my family's history who have done just that - served this country. They fought for our freedom and, though none died in combat, at least one died from the results of his service. My Uncle Jake Cobb was a prisoner of war in Japan. He has a tremendously interesting story. He the lived through the Bataan Death March to spend the next 3 years in a prison camp. The story goes that one of his guards was an American of Japanese descent who had been visiting his grandparents in Japan when the war broke out and he was detained. He ended up guarding his own fellow citizens. He is the only reason they lived. He served them. He put his own life on the line to save theirs. And when the war was over and our military came to set the captives free this servant was one of those they killed. What a tragedy. What a story. My uncle came home from this experience a changed man. They say his hair was white and that he was skin and bone. He died several years later of the effects of this experience. I'm sure he never forgot this Japanese American who saved his life. Today I remember them both. And I am very grateful. If not for men like these I would not be free. Thank you God for men and women who are willing to go beyond this day to day life here in the U.S. in order to fight for our freedom to live this day to day life here in the U.S. Keep them safe. Bless them today.