My father was in the Korean conflict ... he was a Dr. in fact he was the head of the Navy's version of a Mash unit in the Phillipines .... got a purple heart for a shot he took in the backside .... we teased him about that a lot when i was a kid .... I have pics of him in his dress blues (course they are black and white) ... he was a handsome man. My stepfather was enlisted and stationed in Okinawa (sp?) during the Korean conflict .... my uncle served as a pilot in the pacific theatre during WWII .... did some pretty heroic things which earned him the opportunity to be a flight instructor at what later became Miramar (Top Gun) ... unfortunately he died in a flight accident while there .... most recently ... 2 of my nephews have recently returned from time in Iraq .... My brother-in-law was career air force, but never had to serve in any battle situations .... it's honored in my family, but not expected.