A WWII hero, Mr. Dietsch proved he’s still a hero!
And, Mr. Gray is cut from the same cloth!
These veterans proved that they still ‘have it’.
Mr. John Dietsch (84 years strong) and Mr. Earl Gray (20 years his junior) had just finished counting some $10,000 in donations to their Legion (Oakridge Legion, Branch 73), raised with the Poppy Campaign. A gunman walked in and tried to rob them.
The octogenarian vet – obviously a man who is not afraid to face evil – stood up to him, not even bothering to cower before the would-be-robber’s loaded gun. What a man!
Simply said, the two veterans refused to be robbed. Mr. Dietsch is quoted as saying:
“But nobody was going to get that money we had worked so hard to collect. It’s for the veterans and the widows and the community.”
And that is it, isn’t it? It was not his money: it was money to help the vets and the widows – his community!
To all those collectivists out there, who think that people must never act as individuals, of their own accord, because ‘the group/society/community’ has a monopoly on decision making: see, here! Individuals CAN work for the good of the community without sacrificing their individuality!
Two such individuals – Mr. Dietsch and Mr. Gray – refused to buckle and I, for one, salute them.
Thank you, gentlemen.
For protecting the money which will go to help those who need it and who have earned it.
And, for still being an example and role model to us!
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