It's easier to get people to talk to you if you're a vet and you want to interview a vet about war. Sometimes they open up a little bit easier.
I follow in the footsteps of vets, regardless if they younger than me or older than me.
Veteran art creates a meeting place between veterans and civilians, or simply between veterans with different experiences.
I have gone to all over the country and I've met so many veterans and I have tremendous veteran support.
We are dealing with veterans, not procedures; with their problems, not ours.
The thing is, a lot of our vets come home and they feel displaced, and they don't feel like their voice matters, so for me to be a spokesman and have that honor to educate America about who we are and what we are, it's like I'm doing my job.
I think that the needs of the VA and the needs of the veteran community are very, very significant. Цe're talking about a VA system in which, in the last years a million-and-a-half more people have come into the system. You're dealing with 500,000 people have come home from Iraq an Afghanistan with PTSD and TBI. You're dealing with an older veterans population from World War II and Korea who need some difficult medical help. We want to see it be more efficient. We want to see doctors go to where they're needed.
He was a combat veteran from Korea, and he was a great father.
