Veteran's day... which I do know was Sunday

The comment below was made by my brother Matt, who I tend to watch tv show's over the speaker phone with.  We always have a good time and I love him.  He served in the military and is in the national guard currently and is working on something else for the Air Force.  He's a terrific guy and one of the many people in my family who have served this country.

My dad is also a veteran.  He served the military for twenty years and retired as a Lt. Col.    He was military intelligence and hunted terrorists for a living working in the anti-terrorism branch.  He now works for the F.B.I.

My brother David who serves in the Air Force.  I remember always wanting to be just like David.  I look up to him and love him.

Shaylee, my sister in law.  She is so sweet and I am so glad she married my younger brother, whom I also love and always have fun with when I see him!

I love my entire family!  But the one who has the most amazing story is my Grandpa.  Roddey Smith.  He is proof that the Lord looks out for us when we show compassion and Charity at the worst of times.  Had it not been for his compassion and the work of God, I would not be here.  My Grandpa is a great man and I love him so much.  Here is the story written by Matt :

"I especially want to thank with the most sincere gratitude and adoration to my dear Grandpa Roddy Smith. He is 90 years old and still going strong. A man captured in WWII after taking out a panzer division commander and his driver while at his post. Then saving that same commander's life the next day while taking his morning "relief break." He found the wounded Nazi hiding and took him prisoner, fed him, dressed his wounds, but did not beat him. He was later thanked for his heroics by being sold out by a French woman as to his position. Grandpa Smith was then captured himself and almost murdered by the SS, if it wasn't for his compassion on the battlefield for the wounded Nazi commander.
He was taken to a concentration camp, while on the way was almost killed accidentally by allied planes bombing the trains unknowingly filled with POWs. (He has testified of knowing the Lord's hand in his protection).
Once there he was under fed and under clothed, but by the grace of God he woke up one morning and his Nazi guards were gone. He made a run for it with a group of others and found sanctuary in a barn. When discovered hiding the owner greeted them with wine, cheese, and bread. He finally linked back with the 100th ID and came back to the US to marry his childhood sweetheart, my grandmother.
His heroic story doesn't end there. He became an officer and fought valiantly in Korea. He was shot twice while following orders to take a hill and saved many of his soldiers lives; which earned him at least one silver star. We almost lost him, but was pulled off the hill by another hero, after he went above and beyond the call of duty.
Then came Vietnam, where he volunteered for two tours for our country and that of Vietnam. He trained officers in the Vietnamese army to fight and lead for their freedom. It might not have been a popular war in the eyes of history, but he served with honor and dignity.
Grandpa Smith then fought in a secret war in Laos to help keep communists out. He was the principal advisor to the Prince of Laos and commander of the First Laosian Army. He was knighted for his service to help the people of Laos from being overrun by communist forces. The US eventually pulled out of Laos and the communists overran the country; and murdered nearly all of the royal family. Grandpa Smith did everything he could, allowed by this country, to prepare and save the free people of Laos. Again he served with the utmost courage, leadership, loyalty, duty, selfless service, honor, and integrity.
Roddy Smith is someone every soldier and American should aspire to be. He is my personal hero, and many others literal hero.
Grandpa Smith has said that he believes that old soldiers fade away.
Roddy Smith's memory will never fade; and when he is called home to reunite with his sweetheart, Ruth, he will be memorialized as long as there is a Smith alive on this earth.
Grandpa, we will never forget, you will always be my and many others hero because you are the definition of hero, soldier, and greatness. May your memory never fade, but only grow stronger.
I love you grandpa!"

I love you too Grandpa.  Thank you for serving with compassion and love.  You are the best example to all soldiers out there! And a hero to me!  :)