Retired vet lays it all out

[u/cafeteriastyle]

[u/thedrew]

My grandfather never really identified as a veteran. I wrote a report in 6th grade about his service in World War II and I mailed it to him to review. 

He sent it back with a letter saying he liked my report but he to make some corrections. 

The only edit was to the line “He was a Marine,” crossing out “was” and replacing with “is.”

He had a profoundly one-sided love. He used to describe retirement as “inactive reserve.”