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A woman visits her husband’s grave at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in 2020. We owe veterans a debt we can never repay.SAN ANTONIO — Hours before dawn, the sky remained inky black, the same darkness that would shroud the world if the mission failed.
“Will one of you lads pour me a cup of coffee?” he asked. “And put in about a teaspoon of sugar and a fair portion of cream.” The U.S. fighters acted with uncommon courage, but all veterans deserve our respect and appreciation, especially today, Veterans Day. They all served, including those who were never deployed to battlefields. Like firefighters, they were on call, ready to serve their country in time of need; we owe them a debt we can never repay.since the Revolutionary War, according to the Department of Defense. More than 1.4 million have been wounded.
Those problems are challenging and numerous. The rates of unemployment, homelessness and suicide are higher for veterans than for the rest of the population, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.have an employment-population ratio of 43.3 percent, compared with 49 percent for veterans without a disability.
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