SUPER HEROES

By Ed Walker

When you ask children who their favorite super hero is they might say Superman, Batman, or Spiderman.  This is the problem with our society.  We block out and shield ourselves from what the world has to offer, such as our national heroes - the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine, and Air Force veterans.  These people, these veterans, have served our country well and deserve a high place in society and to be held high with dignity.  Why are our basketball, football, and baseball players idolized more than the men and women who have fought and defended our country well?

It disgusts me the way our Government puts recreation and fun in front of what really counts, like people who have served our country.  Where would our country be, let alone our country's government, without these fighting men and women, our super heroes?  I believe we can reward these men and women of combat by commemorating them and reuniting them with their fellow veterans.

One veteran once said to me that he has only made contact with one of the men he served with.  I would like to change this.  I propose that we set up an Internet site that they could visit or a phone line they could call to contact their fellow veterans.  These veterans have served our country and they deserve to be treated with respect, even more so than our star basketball and football players are.