You hear interesting stories. We talked to a guy who was in Vietnam. You learn stuff historically.

It makes you feel good to have someone stop by. A lot of these guys don't get visitors. Some don't get much for Christmas. We just want to thank them for their service.

We look forward to it. We hope they keep letting us come back.

The Vietnam War totally turned my life around. Some people's lives were eliminated or destroyed by the experience. I was one of the fortunate few who came out better off.

I was a surf bum wannabe. I left home at age 17 and moved to Southern California to try to take up surfing as a vocation, but this was in 1964, and there was this nasty little thing called the Vietnam War. As a result, I got drafted.

I'm happy that I'm alive. I feel like someone coming back from Vietnam, you know; I'm sure that later on I'll start killing people in a square somewhere, but right now, I just feel happy to be alive.