Please take a moment to give thanks for all who served our country.

From a humble cabin in Tennessee, Alvin York, a man who struggled with the morality of war, became the most famous American soldier of WWI.

The Medal Of Honor is the highest medal awarded for valor.

Lying about military service should be criminal. A federal law called "Stolen Valor" makes it a crime punishable by up to a year in jail, but some attorneys are challenging the law.They say the First Amendent protects almost all speech that doesn’t hurt anyone. But isn’t it desrespectful to our military returning from war now, and those who have served in other wars?

During the summer of 1986, a friend and I visited Uijeongbu, near the DMZ in northern South Korea. It was a memorable-enough visit, especially in retrospect. For one thing, I later discovered that the US military base in that area was named for a Medal of Honor Winner from Wisconsin, my homestate. For another, it provided the backdrop for my two-scene play, “Borderline,” a melodrama set in 1980s South Korea.

An interesting look back at the real “Black Hawk Down”.