George

  This one is straight from the hip. I can put poor George off for no longer! George is the World War Two veteran that I interviewed a while back. George stormed the beaches of Normandy, and George was most proud of the fact that he would soon be 96, and that would make him the first to have reached that lofty mark in his family! I'll beat them all he said!
It was hard to get him to talk about his experiences there, but of what little that he told me, he wanted it known that he was no hero! George, God bless George! A humble man, like many of the greatest generation. The passing of the George's' of this life, is a sad passing indeed! They lived through the great recession, and when duty called over seas, they all answered the bell! The pride and the dignity expressed by George should make the rest of us feel ashamed! Honor, he was a man of honor. He loved his family, and when the war was over, he went about raising that family.
He was evasive on some things, not only about the war, but even of his name, I never did get a straight answer? But I believe it was something similar as Gronkowski, and that everyone called him Gronk? So for my very poorly researched biography of a true American hero, raise your glasses this Christmas and toast George Gronk! The fellas all called me Gronk he said, and suddenly I was in the water? I just looked straight ahead to a spot on the beach. I didn't look to my left or my right, I just went straight for that spot!
  Going straight for the spot, focus and a clarity of purpose. Any job worth doing is worth doing right. Honor, Respect, Love of family! These things are all but gone in our society, sad, so sad. So thank you Gronk, thank you for your service, and thank you for being you!
I don't know if George made his ninety-sixth birthday, but if he didn't, it would be the first time he failed at anything.