Today’s Veterans Day, so here’s a light-hearted salute from the legendary songsmith Johnny Mercer. That’s Johnny singing, too, by the way. He didn’t just write the words well. He was also a great singer.

Though written during WWII, the sentiments and the observations about the military are as valid now as they were then. Enjoy, and God bless our veterans.

UPDATE: I’m reading a book right now about the undercover war run by Gen. Douglas MacArthur in the Pacific during World War II. There are some amazing stories that have never been widely reported. The penalty for capture behind the lines in Borneo or New Guinea was torture and beheading, but many brave Americans, Brits, Filipinos and Aussies took up the work.