That line is from a speech Ronald Reagan made at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington D.C. in 1974 as he introduced Vietnam war veterans, including John McCain.
Five years into the Iraq conflict, the words apply as well to ASU graduate and Specialist James J. Holmes, whose tragic story of heroism and commitment to America, along with the pain of his family’s loss, is chronicled by my daughter Leigh Munsil in today’s ASU newspaper.