Those who, as Campbell says, will lay the golden thread for us to follow. Those who are willing to give themselves to great and just causes, who are the keepers of our visions. That it has little to do with glory, with some kind of emotional high, with going out and blowing away bad guys. I saw, on the wall, a tale of his bravery - two bronze crosses and a purple heart. As I read the account of his bravery, I thought of what it must have been like, for a young man, in a strange place, thrust suddenly into a position of leadership, where the wrong decision would mean death to himself and his friends.
Today is also a day of remembrance.
Our way has been paved with the blood of martyrs, who remain witnesses to our journey. We must remember them and their faithfulness, their courage and their love. Not just the courage of those who died on the battlefield, but also those who survived. He died of a heart attack at age thirty-eight. He always said that the hard part wasn't when he was over there - over there, he said, you just did your job.