Blog 4004 – 11.11.2026

What Are Your Veteran’s Day Plans?

Might I suggest something if you have not already planned something, take a Veteran to lunch today. We have a Cafeteria chain here in Texas and year round they have twenty-five percent off Veteran’s meals. All you have to do is show your I.D. I have a VA U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs Health Care Card with my picture on it to prove that I am a U.S. Army Veteran. The last time I renewed my Texas Driver’s License they put Veteran Army with a small U. S. flag on the bottom of the license. So I have plenty of proof. Usually my Vietnam Veteran baseball cap is more than enough.

My dad was a WW2 Veteran and so was my father-in-law, Wallace Mendel Stokes (pictured), who died April 15, 2019. Dad Stokes marveled at how many times he got his meals paid for in restaurants because someone noticed his WW2 Veteran cap and wanted to say “Thank You for your Service” in more than just words.

I plan to visit Luby’s today for lunch and see how many Veterans caps that I see. I will be wearing mine and no, I do not expect anyone to pay for my dinner. But I hope many people will take up the notion of doing something nice for a Veteran today. We served because we this country very much.

Your friend and fellow traveler – Vietnam Vet,

David James White