At this time of year I always think of the huge sacrifices that the brave men of the armed forces have made. Heroes, nearly to a man. I think of my two grandfathers, Clyde. W. Daugherty, a soldier in the U.S. Army from 1920 to 1947 and his tour included heavy combat in the Pacific in WWII, and Albert F. Rassmuss another U.S. Army soldier who saw heavy combat in WWI in France and Belgium from 1917-1920 starting at the tender age of 17.