I fly the flag, I am a veteran and I have a National Defense medal which I wear on special days. One of my brothers was in Korea, field artillery, where he lost his hearing. An Uncle fought under Patton in Sicily, and half a dozen other Uncles served in the Coast Guard during WW 2.

In my book, flying halfway around the world bombing civilians in Viet Nam, or Iraq does not make you a hero. You did your duty as ordered. Period.I saved a man's life, but I was not a hero. It was something anyone would have done in my place.

The way John McCain acted during his time as a prisoner in Viet Nam, now, that WAS heroic.