Parade 11-06

An Unbreakable Bond In honor of 11.11.11, six veterans of six di� erent confl icts share their stories of courage and commitment.Plus: Gen. Colin L. Powell on Why We Serve

HEROES AMONG US

Colin Powell with (clockwise from front left)

Tom Corey VIETNAM

Yonas Hagos IRAQ

Tracy Garner DESERT STORM

Sarah Letts-Smith IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN

Vartkess Tarbassian KOREA

Bob Kessler WORLD WAR II

In honor of 11.11.11, six veterans of six di� erent confl icts share their stories of courage and commitment.Plus: Gen. Colin L. Powell on Why We Serve

HEROES AMONG US

Colin Powell with (clockwise from front left)

Tom Corey VIETNAM

Yonas Hagos IRAQ

Tracy Garner DESERT STORM

Sarah Letts-Smith IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN

Vartkess Tarbassian KOREA

Bob Kessler WORLD WAR II

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011

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PersonalityWalter Sco� ,s

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Q: Do any of Martina

McBride’s daughters want

to follow in her footsteps?

—Gabby, Westport, Conn.

A: Not yet. “Emma [above right] wants to be an ac-tress, and Delaney [left] is interested in photography,” says McBride, 45, of her two older daughters. “If they decide they want to be in music, I would abso-lutely support them. I think they have a realistic view of how much hard work goes into it.”

Q: How was the Grand

Ole Opry reconstructed

following the fl ood

in Nashville in 2010?

—Emily, Atlanta

A: Very carefully. When the famed music venue was swamped by four feet of water, staffers quickly moved its most treasured artifacts to safety—like the six-foot-

P The Band Perry

Jason AldeanThe singer, 34, is up for � ve Country Music Association Awards, including Entertainer of the Year and Album of the Year. The show airs Nov. 9 on ABC (8 p.m. ET).You went through some rough patches before hitting it big.

What kept you from quitting? Playing music was all I wanted to do. I didn’t think I would be happy doing anything else. And I had a lot of support from family. Will you bring any good luck charms to the CMA Awards

ceremony? My wife—that’s about it! You’ve been touring for most of the year. What do you love

about it? Performing is my favorite part of all of this. I love getting on a bus and hanging out with the guys in the band. It’s like a traveling frat party.Are there any quirky requests on your tour rider? For a while I had golf balls on there. I would go through 10 balls a round [playing on the road]. I’d just lose them, and I got tired of going to buy more.

Have a question for Walter Sco� ? Visit Parade.com/celebrity or write Walter Sco� at P.O. Box 5001, Grand Central Station, New York, N.Y. 10163-5001

Q: Who penned the Band Perry’s gorgeous song “If I Die Young”? —Michelle

Tutschek, Catasauqua, Pa.

A: “Kimberly wrote the lyrics,” says Reid Perry, 22 (above right, with siblings Neil, 21, and Kimberly, 28). “It’s about the moments in life when things are exactly as they should be and you count your bless-ings, even though you know it can’t last forever.”

wide circle of wood at center stage, taken from Ryman Auditorium, the Opry’s former home. The six months of restoration

included replacing every-thing on the fi rst fl oor. The venue reopened in September 2010 with some enhancements, such as new stage curtains and dressing rooms with themes like Stars and Stripes and Women of Country. “We spruced up our home in a way that helped tell a bit of the Opry’s story and made it more comfortable for the performers,” Opry general manager Pete Fisher says.

Q: Dierks Bentley hosts parties in honor of veterans before some of his shows. Does he have a personal connection to the military?

—George, New York City

A: “My dad and grandpa were in the army, and I have friends in the Navy SEALs,” says Bentley, 35. The parties raise funds for and awareness of Wounded Warrior Project

cians, but I think Paisley recruited a high school or college band. Who’s right? —Anonymous, Arlington, Va.

A: You are! Tennessee’s Brentwood High School marching band played on the recording. “My pro-ducer Frank Rogers had heard of them, and it was his idea to have them on the song,” says Paisley, 39. “It worked so well that I invited them to perform with me live on the CMA Awards in 2007.”

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HOSTED BY:

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JASON ALDEAN

THE BAND PERRY

KENNY CHESNEY

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MIRANDA LAMBERT

BRAD PAISLEY

BLAKE SHELTON

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KEITH URBAN

SARA EVANS

ZAC BROWN BAND

KENNY LOGGINS

MARTINA MCBRIDE

NATASHA BEDINGFIELD

SCOTTY MCCREERY

CARRIE UNDERWOOD

LIONEL RICHIE

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Report money, entertainment, and moreyour guide to health, life,

INTELLIGENCE

1Give shelter. Homes for Our Troops constructs houses for

severely injured veterans who served after 9/11, like Cpl. Larry Draughn (above). Donate equip-ment or help build a home. homesforourtroops.org

2Offer a vet a ride. The Disabled American Veter-

ans (DAV) provides free trans-portation to men and women unable to travel to VA medical facilities on their own. You can volunteer to drive a DAV van for those in need. dav.org/volunteers

3Provide foster care for

a pet. Take in the dog or cat of a deployed soldier or a wounded veteran while he or she is on duty or receiving VA medical treatment. guardianangelsforsoldiers

pet.org

4Record a war story. Do you know an old soldier

with tales from the front lines? The Library of Congress wants to hear his voice. Go to the web-site below for tips on conduct-ing an interview or to request a fi eld kit, including bio-graphical data and release forms. loc.gov/vets

5Put those old

cell phones

to good use. Instead of stash-ing your used phones in the junk drawer, ship them to Cell Phones for Soldiers. For each one donated, the organization will pay for an hour of talk time for troops overseas. cellphonesforsoldiers.com

6Donate used DVDs.

Drop off movies or tele-vision shows at your local VA facility, or mail them to DVDs4Vets, a national orga-nization that distributes them where needed. dvds4vets.org

7Cut coupons. Have some expired coupons lying

around? Military families can use them for up to six months past their end date. coupsfortroops.com

8Contribute to a holiday

drive. Operation Grati-tude’s annual campaign collects clothing, food, and more and packs it in gift boxes for service members. Pitch in by offering up items; local resi-dents can sort them on-site. operationgratitude.com

/volunteer

9Post a care package.

Through the organization Kitchen Table Gang, hospi-talized veterans and troops

abroad can receive person-alized parcels containing everything from candy to board games. Get a service mem-ber’s address from KTG, bundle up items with a note of

thanks, and send them off. soldierpackages.org

10Share your expertise.

MilServe connects volunteers with vets in many areas: fi nancial counseling or legal services; job search guidance; even carpentry, for building wheelchair ramps. milserve.org

11Support Big Brothers

Big Sisters. The national organization has a special Military Mentoring program for children with parents in the armed forces. The group carefully pairs kids with adults serving in the military, as well as with veterans and civilians. bbbs.org

Ways to Help Veterans

on 11.11.11

IN HONOR OF 11-11-11, PARADE IS

DONATING A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS

FROM THIS ISSUE TO WOUNDED WARRIOR

PROJECT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE

A $10 DONATION, PRESS **HERO ON YOUR CELL PHONE.

THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE ...This fall, Homes for Our Troops completed a new house in Fairborn, Ohio, for Corporal Draughn and his family.

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healthier together and you’re going to do it little by little. And don’t just talk about food; a lot of other factors, like reducing stress or getting a good night’s sleep, can contribute to weight loss.

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Weight and Kids: The Hardest Conversation?A recent survey found that parents are more uncomfortable talking to their kids about weight than about sex, drugs, or alcohol. We asked parenting psychologist Susan Bartell how to have the conversation responsibly.

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Six Wars. Six Vets.

A PARADE CONVERSATION

Courage.Six Stories of By Lynn Sherr ★ Cover and inside photographs by Peter Yang

Yonas Hagos, 29

HOME: Carol Stream, Ill. SERVICE: Iraq (army) ★ Hagos spent most of his childhood in a refugee camp in Sudan, coming to the United States when he was 10. He joined the army after 9/11 because, he says, he felt this country had given him so much. Hagos was seriously injured by a rocket- propelled grenade and was later awarded a Purple Heart. Now recovered, he’s become a successful entrepreneur. He is wearing the backpack he had on when he was wounded.

Bob Kessler, 86

HOME: Green Cove Springs, Fla. SERVICE: World War II (navy) ★ Kessler enlisted at 17 and ultimately served aboard an amphibious troop carrier that participated in the invasions of Okinawa and other Japanese-held islands. After returning home, he went to Long Island’s Hofstra University on the GI bill and ended up owning several successful companies. Draped around his neck is a Japanese silk fl ag he found at the end of the war.


Lt. Col. Sarah Letts-Smith, 49

HOME: Murrieta, Calif. SERVICE: Afghanistan, Iraq (army) ★ Letts-Smith fi rst joined up to help pay for college; her grandfather, who was a major in the army, gave her the o� cer’s oath. Now a mother of four, Letts-Smith has served in the army for the past 28 years and was one of the fi rst female soldiers to work with Iraqis to help bridge the cultural divide. She’s holding prayer beads given to her by an Iraqi sheik who was later killed in a bombing.

Tracy Garner, 52

HOME: Pickerington, Ohio SERVICE: Desert Storm (air force) ★ Garner joined the air force after a year of college, inspired by his father, who’d served in the army. He transported personnel through such dangerous areas as the “Highway of Death” between Iraq and Kuwait. The 21-year veteran got his college degree in business management via the GI bill and is the VP of a military spare parts supplier. He’s holding the Air Force Commendation Medal he was awarded in 1992.

Over the years, more than 42 million men and women have served in our armed forces. In honor of Veterans Day this Friday,

PARADE invited six of them—one each from six of this nation’s wars—to talk about what it means to be an American soldier. The scenes of their service have varied widely, from the Pacifi c theater of World War II to the rugged mountains of Afghanistan, yet these veterans all share one quality: a powerful sense of duty.

PARADE: Tell me about going off to war.YONAS HAGOS (Iraq): There were about 20 of us. We were picked up, got to base. That’s when you knew it was real. That night, the president an-nounced we were going to war with Iraq. I remember one of the sergeants clearly stating, “Half of you will come back either wounded or in body bags.” There was silence in the room. TOM COREY (Vietnam): It was hard, knowing that I might not come back whole. I thought that I might lose a limb . I never thought of being paralyzed.TRACY GARNER (Desert Storm): I shipped out about 3 in the morning, on a very cold, snowy day. It was the fi rst time I ever saw tears in my dad’s eyes.PARADE: Sarah, what was it like saying goodbye to your kids?SARAH LETTS-SMITH (Afghanistan, Iraq): How do you tell an 18-month-old,


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“I’m not going to see you for a year”? And when they’re older, in some ways it’s even harder be-cause they understand. There’s no good way for moms—or dads, for that matter. Leaving your kids is really, really diffi cult.PARADE: Give me that moment when you’re in Afghanistan, in a dangerous situation, and you think about your kids at home.LETTS-SMITH: You don’t think about your kids at home when you’re in a dangerous situation. You think about the dangerous situation. PARADE: What word would you use to describe what you saw? VARTKESS TARBASSIAN (Korea): Mayhem. Korea was

a country pocked with shell-burst holes. The hills were devoid of trees. They were burnt and completely blasted away. The countryside was desolate. You didn’t run into many civilians. They had all fl ed southward as we progressed northward towards the front.COREY: It wasn’t like what I learned in training. You just had to feel it, the heat and the noise and the screaming and some-body’s down and somebody needs help and the fi re—every-thing going on in a battle. And then your friends drop in front

of you and behind you, and it was them and not you, and [you think], who is next?PARADE: What keeps you up at night now?TARBASSIAN: After I got back, my mother used to come in, shake me and wake me up, because I’d

be screaming in my sleep that the Chinese are coming, the Chinese are coming. That wasn’t the case, of course. But it took me about a year or two just to get over that experience. COREY: My problem from the war is the wheelchair, not the PTSD. It’s a constant battle.

Tom Corey, 66

HOME: Jupiter, Fla. SERVICE: Vietnam (army) ★ Corey was shot in battle and is a quadriplegic. He’s returned to Vietnam 15 times to meet with Vietnamese veterans and discuss issues such as the treatment of POWs and the e� ects of Agent Orange. Corey is president of the Vietnam Veterans Peace Initiative. Among the medals displayed on his jacket are two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star.

Vartkess Tarbassian, 79

HOME: Framingham, Mass. SERVICE: Korea (army) ★ Tarbassian was drafted at age 20 and trained as an infantryman. Much of his time overseas was spent standing watch on hilltops through freezing cold nights. After the war, he went to school on the GI bill and later worked in management at an electronics company until retirement. He is wearing a Korean War Veterans Association hat.

“[War] wasn’t like what I learned

in training. The heat, the noise, the

screaming.”—Tom Corey


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It’s pain. It never leaves. HAGOS: When I was hit, my M-16 fl ew out of my hands, my Kevlar fell off my head, and I was dangling 10 feet above the ground. The guy on the side of the Howitzer grabbed my boots, pulled me inside. I was pronounced dead over the radio. I was out for 45 seconds to a minute, no pulse. I remem-ber getting up. I looked to my left and saw chunks of my shoulder pretty much missing. I remember coughing up blood. And then the pain kicked in. I was screaming. The medic saved my life: She was getting the IV going and trying to stop the bleeding and calming me down, helping me. PARADE: Do you see yourself as a hero?HAGOS: No. I went and served my country. I did my part.PARADE: What does your Purple Heart mean to you?HAGOS: This country has done so much for me. I came here as a foreigner, and I felt like I had to pay it back somehow. Having the Purple Heart is a reminder that I’ve paid my debt, for me and my family.PARADE: Speaking of family, how do your kids feel about having a military mom?LETTS-SMITH: I hope they ’re proud. It’s been tough for them, but I think it ’s made them stronger. I got my fi rst deploy-ment orders on Christmas Eve 2001. People then didn’t pay at-tention to military families, the kids left behind. At one point, I had a child who was really struggling in school. I remem-ber feeling extremely frustrated that the teachers didn’t seem to recognize how diffi cult it was for this continued on page 20

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troops. I heard about a young boy, an army brat. His family moved to a new community, and when he showed up at his new school, the teacher introduced him by saying, “It must be hard fi nding a new home every couple of years.” He answered, “No, ma’am. We always have a home; we’re just looking for a house to put it in.”

I look forward to meeting young GIs on my visits to the Walter Reed hospital. Some of them are hor-ribly wounded—but you know what? Many want to heal as quickly as possible just so they can go back and serve with their unit.

My closest friend during college was Tony Mavroudis. We lived two miles apart in Queens,

and he was like a younger brother to me. We were street kids, and we ran around together—we even destroyed each other’s father’s car when we were at City College! We were both in ROTC. I fi rst went to Vietnam in 1962, and Tony fol-lowed a year or so later. When I returned to the States, I was moved to Fort Ben-ning in Georgia, and Tony ended up there, too.

One day he suddenly volunteered to go back. I told him, “Tony, you don’t have to do that. You’ll be sent back soon enough.” He said, “Yeah, but that’s where I’m supposed to be.”

So he left. On one of his jungle patrols, he was fi lmed by a TV crew for a special report on race and the army. He was asked, “What’s the rela-tionship between your soldiers, black and white?” And Tony answered like the New York street kid he was: “Hey man, same mud, same blood.” He was talking about that sense of family.

A few days later, he was killed by a booby trap.Tony’s name is one of the 58,272 engraved

on the Wall, the beautiful granite Vietnam War memorial in Washington, which I’ve visited countless times. There is magic in that wall. At no other battle monument are people so moved, stenciling names and leaving gifts like combat boots, uniforms, sonograms, even a motorcycle.

Establishing memorials is one way that Americans can repay the debt owed to the peo-ple who have died serving this country. But we also bear a similar obligation to the survi-vors of our nation’s confl icts, our veterans.

What can you do? This week on Veterans Day, put out your fl ags, cheer the marchers at parades, and go to tributes. But when you wake up the next day, Nov. 12, remember that it’s still

Veterans Day for our veterans—and it will be every day of their lives. So thank them. Talk to them. Invite them to schools so they can share their experiences and teach our children that we all must take care of each other, on the battlefi eld and in life.

You can also support one of the many organizations that assist former service mem-bers. Three months ago, in Little Rock, Ark., I visited St. Francis House, a shelter for veterans trying to reestablish their lives. Forty-six men are

currently staying there while they work and save up for their own apartments. To fi nd pro-grams in your area, contact your local chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, or the Disabled American Veterans.

Many people refer to the World War II gen-eration as the greatest one, but we’ve had greatness in every single generation of Ameri-cans who have served. I know of none greater than the generation of GIs now fi ghting for our country in Iraq and Afghanistan and serving around the world. Someday soon, they’ll need us to fi ght for them.

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I became an army lieutenant when I was 21, and more than fi ve decades later, the people I knew in my early days—from college ROTC and my fi rst as-signment—I still know. I think of them as family. In every assign-ment since, I’ve found a new

family, but each time it’s also felt like an old fam-ily. And even though I’ve been retired from the military for 18 years, I’ve never left that family.

Over the years, Americans have chosen to serve for many reasons—during the Revolu-tionary War, to create a nation; in World War II, to save humanity from destruction; at various times, to help pay for college. Still, no matter the motivation, once our men and women joined up, they’ve given their all for our country.

But GIs are driven by another allegiance that is just as fi erce: to their buddies. During training, they learn to rely on each other for food, for security, for support. They know that they will live, and possibly die, together as a squad of fi ve or nine. It’s a form of bond-

Retired U.S. Army Gen. Colin L. Powell, former secretary of state, is helping lead e� orts to build an education center

near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, one that will tell the stories behind some of the Wall’s names to future generations.

War and Remembrance ★ Our six veterans share their homecoming

stories and pay tribute to the friends they lost. Watch their videos at Parade.com

/veterans and share them with a vet you know.

Why We ServeBy Gen. Colin L. Powell

VIEWS

A Life in Uniform

Powell in 1963 on his fi rst tour (of two) in Vietnam.

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KESSLER: Well … there might’ve been a few!PARADE: Tell me about walking on terra fi rma again.KESSLER: The ship I was on had a semi-round bottom, so I got accustomed to walking as the ship rolled. The sidewalks in San Pedro, where I fi rst disem-barked, don’t move that way, so at fi rst I must have looked like I was drunk even though I hadn’t had a drink.PARADE: Vartkess, you had a dif-ferent experience.TARBASSIAN: Korea was not a popular war. I was deposited by the railroad at South Station in Boston and took the subway home. I was in my uniform, and it didn’t mean a thing to any-

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body. The other passengers looked out the windows or went about their business reading the paper. I didn’t exist. And I said, “What ’s going on here?” I thought somebody would say, “Welcome home.” But that never happened.PARADE: How did you feel about that?TARBASSIAN: Very depressed. I’d think, “This is something you did for all these people riding the train, reading their papers, and they don’t even say hello to you.” COREY: My arrival was different ’cause I came home on a medical aircraft to an army hospital, so I missed what most veterans went through. We all heard the stories about going through airports, seeing the protests, being called

names. No respect for what you did. Nobody wanted to talk to you or congratulate you—some-times not even your family. So a lotta guys got rid of their uni-forms, threw ’em in the closet and went on with their lives. A lot of ’em are still trying to get their lives together today. PARADE: How did it make you feel when you saw the protests on TV?COREY: I was angry. God let me survive, but I had friends back in Vietnam who were trying to get home to their families. I wanted to get out of bed, but I couldn’t do anything. I couldn’t even talk.PARADE: Tracy, was it any different coming home from Iraq?GARNER: Very different. Coming back to the States, we had a one-night layover at Westover Air Reserve Base in Massachusetts. When we arrived, there were


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close to 1,000 people, arms open, hugging us . PARADE: What did that recep-tion mean to you?GARNER: A lot. I felt that the people who showed up respected what we did over there. PARADE: Veterans Day used to be called Armistice Day, and it was begun after World War I, the so-called “war to end all wars.” The six of you have fought in six wars since that time. What does that say about us and war?GARNER: I personally believe war is something that we will never get away from. It’s going to go through generation after gen-eration after generation.

COREY: We need to think a lot more before we get involved. I don’t have any good things to say about war.HAGOS: Three words—war is hell.LETTS-SMITH: What I fi nd amaz-ing is that years later, you can go back and befriend the people you once considered an enemy. The human condition is the same throughout the world. So I think that while wars will be fought, the beautiful thing is that maybe one day you’ll be able to go back and relate not as a soldier, but as a person.COREY: They’re the same as us—human beings. They care. When I went back to Vietnam—and

“It is amazing that years later,

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I’ve been back a lot—it was so healing for them and for us to know we cared about each other. We were put into war by politi-cians, and we were only doing our jobs. They were just defend-ing their country. PARADE: What do you take away from your service? HAGOS: You don’t appreciate the price of freedom until you’ve served. Every morning on patrol I’d see Iraqi kids living in a shack, about 10 people in one room that barely had running water and lights. Those things humble you. And it made me wake up.

PARADE: Wake up to what?HAGOS: To say, “Wow, I was so naïve back at home. I took a lot of things for granted.” It made me go back to my roots and think, “My parents brought me here for a reason, and if I ever make it out of this war, I don’t want to waste that opportunity.” My mom and dad, they’re jani-tors. They clean bathrooms and hospital rooms to make a living. They weren’t given the opportu-nity to get educated or make something of themselves. So when I came back, it took a few years, but I started to realize, “There’s more to life. Don’t forget what you’ve seen in Iraq.”PARADE: How should Americans observe Veterans Day on Friday?GARNER: If you know a vet-


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With so many commitments, is

Sunday a day of rest for you?

I do spend a lot of weekends on the road. I have to pace myself. It can be pretty busy, but I’m not out in the Afghan desert with 70 pounds on my back, away from my family for a year at a time. I keep a good perspective on it.

What do you recall about the

fi rst band you were in?

Well, the other guys played guitar better than I did, so they told me to get a bass if I wanted to stay. And look what happened.

Who are some of your

bass-wielding heroes?

In the rock world, [the Who’s] John Entwistle was one of ’em. Jack Bruce [of Cream] is one. I was into jazz for a while, too. Stanley Clarke, Jaco Pastorius—folks like that.

How does the Lt. Dan Band [above,

inset] decide what to play?

I pick most of the songs, but band

Last year you launched your founda-

tion [GarySiniseFoundation.org].

What’s going on with it now?

The University of Southern California has a wonderful social work department, and I was thrilled to fi nd out that they have a whole veterans initiative program there. They approached me, and I set up a scholarship that would go to a military-oriented person, to learn techniques and skills to better help veterans. We hope to do it on a broader scale around the country.

How can people support the troops

in concrete, direct ways?

I always recommend that people look in their own communities. Maybe there’s a spouse of a service member who could use help, or warriors living with the scars of battle. To knock on the door with a meal or a “What do you need?” can make a big difference in somebody’s life. Whenever I see a group of soldiers sitting in a restaurant, I buy them dinner.

You’ve been married for more than

30 years [to actress Moira Harris].

Any longevity tips?

A sense of humor. My wife’s a loving, funny, Irish-spirited person, and I’m still surprised at some of the things she says. She makes me laugh every day.

What would we be surprised

to know about you?

People usually see me as this serious guy on television or in movies. Certainly Mac Taylor is very serious—he only smiles once a season. Onstage with the band, I’m a whole different guy.

members come up with different ideas. I just want to play a variety. We could go from a Hendrix tune to a Sugarland song and then to an Andrews Sisters tune. It’s all over the place.

You cofounded Chicago’s famed

Steppenwolf Theatre Company

when you were only 18. How did

that come about?

I think you’re lucky if you discover what you really love ata young age. College wasn’t something I was going to do. I wanted to keep acting, and I didn’t want to go to New York or California and pound the pavement. I wanted to just keep doing it, so I started this theater company. Having a passion and trying to follow it is important.

Ho w b u s y i s

Gary Sinise? He plays stern crime-fi ghter Mac Tay-lor on CSI: NY

(CBS, Fridays, 9 p.m. ET), now in its eighth season; entertains our troops around the globe with his Lt. Dan Band (named for his iconic Forrest Gump character); and works tirelessly for veterans’ causes. Which can mean only one thing: “I sleep on planes,” Sinise, 56, tells Robert Abele with a laugh.

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Gary SiniseThe actor-activist discusses music, marriage,

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eran, offer a simple thank-you. It goes a long way. “Thank you and we appreciate your service.”KESSLER: I’m particularly pleased when the minister asks all of us who have served to stand. That recognition is important. LETTS-SMITH: Our town has a field of flags for vets. I had a fl ag last year. It’s beautiful.PARADE: Even that little thing makes a difference, knowing that there’s a fl ag fl ying for you?LETTS-SMITH: It’s really not for me. It’s driving by a nearby fi eld covered with thousands of fl ags and realizing that every single

one represents somebody who felt so strongly about this nation that they were willing to put their lives on the line for it. HAGOS: There are still people losing their lives. While we’re sleeping here at night, there are people being shot at, being am-bushed, in Afghanistan or Iraq, away from their families, their kids, their wives, their mothers. Every year I go and talk to the kids, and I tell them the same thing: Don’t celebrate Veterans Day because it happens to be Veterans Day. Veterans Day, to me, is every day.

—Additional reporting by Jeryl Brunner


“If you know a vet, o� er a simple

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