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I was living near the Twin Towers on 9/11, so I saw the attacks, and I had friends who were killed in the attacks.

I've lost friends, perhaps dozens. But I've gained hundreds, thousands - who knows? - of allies.

My war buddies, some were Americans, but some were Afghans. These were the guys that I fought alongside. We bled alongside each other; we mourned together. When I came home, these weren't people I could keep up with on Facebook.

As a soldier, I survived World War I when most of my comrades did not.

I had friends who died in the 9/11 tragedy; some of my friends lost family members in the aftermath of Godhra.

World War II... did not happen to everyone, but it happened to most. There were people from Germany who were throwing bombs at us.

My father was killed by a German mine, while I lost other relatives in Allied bombing attacks.

When I was in the war, I was lucky that I was in a plane and never saw the carnage close-up.

September 11 happened, and all my friends were like, 'Let's join the military!' and I was the only one who actually did.

Yeah, September 11 happened and all my friends were like, 'Let's join the military!' and I was the only one who actually did.