Vietnam Veteran Honored By His Son

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00:00Tampa Bay's Morning Crew want to honor and thank those who protect and serve our country.

00:05Time now for Military Monday on 99.5 QYK.

00:10It is Military Monday. We are honoring a military member in our community right now.

00:14I have Brett on the phone. Good morning, Brett. How are you?

00:17Very well.

00:18Well, very cool, man. I'm excited today. We get to honor your dad, Joe.

00:22Why don't you tell us how Joe served in our military?

00:25Joe served in the Vietnam War. He did a tour in Vietnam back in 1968.

00:30All right. Back in 68. And what branch did he serve in?

00:33He was in the Army. He was a mortiman.

00:38Oh, wow. And it said he was drafted when he was 18. Is that right?

00:41That's correct. Young boy.

00:43Let me ask you. I mean, does he ever talk about this with you, of what it was like to be drafted at the age of 18?

00:48And the reason I ask is my dad was drafted at that age as well for the Vietnam War.

00:52But have you ever had conversations with him about that and what that was like?

00:55No, no. He doesn't talk about it at all.

00:58No. Okay. Does he say anything about his service?

01:01Not really. He wrote about it, but never talked about it.

01:06My dad wrote me a note, too, about it, to be honest with you.

01:09Yeah, it's a tough subject to talk about, no doubt about it.

01:12If you wanted people to know something about your dad and you could describe your dad to the world, how would you do that?

01:18Yeah. Loving, fun, caring. He has a lot of great qualities. I admire him. Everybody in the family admires him and is proud of him as well.

01:29That's fantastic, man. And now, did he make a career out of the military or did he just serve and get out?

01:35No, he served and got out.

01:36And what did he end up doing?

01:38He ended up doing a few things. Corrections, probation. He retired from probation. He did quite a few things.

01:46Gotcha. All right. Well, listen, we want to do this. We are so honored that we got to learn about your dad a little bit.

01:53And that was obviously a very tough time in our country's history.

01:58And the fact that he served in Vietnam is so honorable and we're so thankful for his service.

02:03And we want to do this. We want to give you something to give to him.

02:07A $100 gift card from our friends at Stingray Chevrolet.

02:10Small way for us to say thank you for his service. And we appreciate you, Brett.

02:13I appreciate you, JR. Thank you.

02:15My absolute pleasure and my honor, my friend.

02:17Well, listen, if you want to honor someone for Military Monday or First Responder Friday,

02:21you just nominate them right now at 99.5QIK.com.