Courage

Serving ones country in the military is one of the most courageous things a person can do. Fighting to protect your own country and people is quite a big deal in my opinion. My grandfather was drafted and fought in the "forgotten war" better known as the Korean War in 1950. Before he left for Korea he was drafted by the St. Louis cardinals to play catcher in the minors for baseball in 1950. He was in the army branch. Him and his platoon fought on the front line. While fighting one day he was being shot at by Koreans and to get out of the range of fire he rolled off a cliff and broke his back. This left him paralyzed from the waist down for the rest of his entire life. His whole life was changed forever after this day. He recovered in Walter Reed hospital in Washington, D.C. and later got married and had four children, one of them being my mom. To sacrifice that much for your country, family and friends is amazing. My grandfather later went on to play professional wheelchair basketball for the New England Clippers.