I volunteered.  I fought.  I thought I wanted revenge.  I was wrong.  All I wanted was my life back.  When it was done, I retired and went on with my life as best I could.  I never did get back everything I lost though.  No veteran ever has.  What a veteran does though is make it so someone else can live their life without fear.  Remember on Memorial Day what the veterans did, what the veterans lost, and what the veterans gave.  For without veterans, we would all have nothing.