I was surprised. A Confederate war vet still around in 1940?

He is the only Confederate veteran I have found in the metro-east in an unmarked grave.

His family was buried all around him but his grave was unmarked.

What I heard when we started this war was we'd be out in 10 years, ... That's the timetable I think we should keep. I think everyone should know that in six years we are leaving.

I always looked at it as something broader than just the Cold War. I looked at it as the spirit of our nation.

Almost any veterans of foreign wars can tell you war stories, especially after a couple of beers.