The now retired founder of our company was a Viet Nam era seal. He never talked about it and I was always impressed with him because he graduated from Wharton and had a killer business sense.
I talked him into putting a golf outing together for a group of wounded warriors at his country club in Salem, Ma. I knew he was a Navy vet and that was all. He treated 3 foursomes of vets to golf and hired a van to pick them up and deliver them and they never opened their wallet for drinks and dinner at the club. The club now invites wounded vets to play regularly as guests of the club.
I remarked to his wife I never expected such generosity even from a Navy vet. She just smiled and said what do you expect from a seal. I almost fell over. He finally came clean and shared a few details but he never spoke much about it.
It takes a special sort of person. I loved watching the medal of honor ceremony today as well. It was moving.
Regards,
Mary