Family Reflection He served across three wars, but his greatest legacy was at home— in the quiet strength we inherited, in the courage we learned by living without him, in the love that outlasted every separation. We were young when he fell in Vietnam, yet his presence stayed— in the stories our mother told, in the discipline he lived by, in the pride we carried even when the world felt unsteady. We grew up on resilience, on loyalty to one another, on the belief that he walked beside us even when we could not remember his footsteps. Today, we honor him not only for the battles he fought, but for the family he shaped— a family that endured, a family that remembers, a family forever proud to be his.

Laura J. Hughes, Daughter