Dan Shanower wrote an article, "Freedom Isn't Free," for the Naval Institute in 1997:
"It seems that anyone who has spent a few years in uniform has a story of a shipmate who died in combat or while preparing for it. Those memories are something that many of our civilian counterparts cannot fathom.
"They realize that those of us in the military are expected to make the ultimate sacrifice when called, and they are willing to take the day off in observance of the many who have, but few realize – and fewer have experienced – the incredible price the military pays to ensure freedom in both peacetime and war."
He wrote about his friends who died on a training mission - where no one really expects anyone to die.
Dan himself died on 9-11 while working at a conference table in Washington D.C. with other analysts trying to collect data on the NY attacks. He was killed when one of those hijacked planes plowed into the Pentagon.
Freedom is far from free.
(freedom continued tomorrow)
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