'Thanks for your service,' brings up mixed emotions for US veterans

PO1 William "Chip" NagelHappy doesn’t seem the right word,” the Marine told Lt. Col (ret) John Nagl, an Army veteran of the war in Iraq who’s lost friends in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

Nagl says he sees things a little differently.

“Memorial Day is a time when Americans celebrate liberty. They celebrate those who fell for their liberty, and certainly the friends I’ve lost [in Iraq and Afghanistan], I can’t think of any better way to celebrate them than to throw a burger on the grill next to the pool, be with friends and tell some stories about them. And remember them,” Nagl says.

In my opinion on memorial is a way of the Veteran for the Veteran.