As a woman veteran who didn't aerve in a combat area, I just want to say thank you first of all to all you who make the quilts. Secondly, the Armed Forces have a definition of veteran status: an individual who has served 180 days or more in uniform & been discharged honorably.
As a former facilitator of a veteran support group, I made no such distinction about the status of the veteran's discharge nor their length of service. I just cared if they had served cuz life happens to all of us.
Mostly, I wanted to say that you need not have been in a combat zone or combat to be called a veteran. Okay, off my soapbox. Thanks for caring.
Last edited by chris_quilts; 08-02-2017 at 11:18 AM.