Academic

Memorial Day--Skeel

By David Skeel and Bill Stuntz

The Memorial Day tributes in the papers today reminded me of one of the few pleasant airline experiences I?ve had in recent months. Of the hundred or so passengers on a flight from Philadelphia to Atlanta, roughly a dozen were uniformed servicemen and women. Some or all were, I think, returning from tours of duty in the Middle East. After the plane touched down, and the flight attendant welcomed us to Atlanta and thanked us for flying, she made a point of saying what a privilege it was to have members of the armed forces, who do so much for the country, on the flight. At which point everyone spontaneously burst into applause.

Full post as published by Less than the Least on May 26, 2008 (boomark / email).