An Open Letter To Veterans

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Thank you for your service to our nation.

Thank you for being will to volunteer.

Thank you for pushing yourself physically and mentally.

Thank you for being willing to move from place to place and rarely settle down.

Thank you for giving up personal time for additional training.

Thank you for sacrificing sleep to accomplish your missions.

Thank you for enduring unbearable heat and cold.

Thank you for your willingness to eat MREs.

Thank your for being professionals.

Thank you for facing bullets and shrapnel. 

Thank you for being tough in mind, body and spirit.

Thank your for enduring incredible stress.

Thank you for being brave.

Thank you for protecting the United States of America and freedom all over the globe.

It is we… a grateful nation… that salutes you. Happy Veterans Day.

–Tony Gnau

Tony Gnau is a three-time Emmy-winning journalist. He is also the founder and chief storytelling officer at T60 Productions. T60 has won 12 Telly Awards for its work over the last eight years.