Jul 9, 2012 - Don’t call Iraq War vet Jason Moon a hero. Don’t phone him on Memorial Day or July 4th or Veterans Day to say thank you.
Instead, just listen as he strums his guitar and sings about the “things I’ve seen I won’t forget,” about the sacrifices, emotional and physical, that a warrior must bear.
It can get raw, as it did one evening in a backyard in suburban Los Angeles, a recent stop on a concert tour that has taken him all over the country.
“All this welcome home, good job, we’re-so-proud-of-you bull— is wearing thin,” he said, half-singing, half-speaking, as firelight flickered on his audience’s faces.
"Trying to Find My Way Home" There was a brief pause, then laughter — a moment of understanding shared veteran to veteran.
To some of us, words like those — and a rejection of hero status — might sound ungrateful, even disrespectful. We live, after all, in an era when “supporting the troops” has practically become a requirement to prove one’s patriotism. We put yellow ribbons on trees and magnets and stickers on our cars, or at least we used to. We talk about heroes and bravery. read more>>>
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