As veterans grow old, San Antonio man salutes their service — with breakfast
Vietnam veteran Ray Falke and Pearl Harbor veteran K.P. Platt join others in the Pledge of Allegiance as Russell Minor hosts another breakfast for veterans at Jim's Restaurant last week.HELOTES — The dog tag of a Marine who survived the battle of Iwo Jima dangling from Russell Minor’s key chain is a reminder of why he had to do better.
Minor, an H-E-B pharmacist, got involved in Alamo Honor Flight, a now-defunct group that took area veterans to Washington. He noticed, however, that the tribute ended when they returned home. So he started hosting veterans in breakfast groups. Veterans like San Antonio native Bill Lozano say Minor made a big difference in their lives. He first encountered Minor during a November 2010 honor flight to Washington, and later gathered with two other World War II veterans, Jim Kirk and J.J. Knaupp, at a Jim’s off Fredericksburg Road.‘Just doing a job’ — WWII vet, 96, downplays role in historic Allied victories in Pacific
“I guess veterans of every war just don’t talk about it too much, so when we got together it just seemed like we could converse with each other real well,” said Lozano, 96. “I had a brother who was a West Point graduate and he was a POW in the Korean War and he never talked about his experiences.
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