WHY SHOULD WE APPRECIATE OUR VETERANS?

By Michael Akins

We should appreciate our veterans because they fought for our country in World War II.  Many are like Gene Bridge who came into our classroom to speak with us about his experience in the Navy during World War II.

If we didn't have people fight for us in World War II, Hitler would have accomplished his goal of taking over the world.  So if the Americans wouldn't have helped the Allies fight the Germans, the world would be incredibly different today.  For example, we would be under Hitler's dictatorship, or some form of totalitarian government.  The whole world could be living in poverty and many of us would not be alive today.

That is why people today should appreciate our veterans who fought for our country in World War II.