Wounded Warriors and Medal of Honor Recipients

For the past few years Hamilton has hosted a Wounded Warrior event to honor those that have bravely served our country and have been wounded in action.  This year's program at the local airport featured several planes from past conflicts as well as several helicopters which were used to allow any of these veterans to go feral hog hunting.  In addition, we were treated to a sky diving show and a few locals were able to tandem jump with the professionals.

Some of the elementary classes attended so I went out and met Taylor for the day.  This kind of thing is right up his alley and he and I had a great time looking at the planes, going aboard for a tour, and watching the sky diving.  However the highlight of the day for us was getting to meet three recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor.  I think there are currently only 80 living winners of the award, the highest United States military honor that is given. We visited with Donald Ballard who served in Vietnam as a medic and was cited for his bravery during a mission in the Quang Tri province.  It was an informative day for both of us and reminded us of the importance of honoring those that have served this country.