Tejano Space Cowboy

Later on, it got easier for me to talk about, but people were like, why I didn't always talk about it was because I'm so close with all my Gold Star families that it's not something that I was like – It didn't feel appropriate to talk about?

Later on, it got easier for me to talk about, but people were like, why I didn't always talk about it was because I'm so close with all my Gold Star families that it's not something that I was like – It didn't feel appropriate to talk about?

Later on, it got easier for me to talk about, but people were like, why I didn't always talk about it was because I'm so close with all my Gold Star families that it's not something that I was like – It didn't feel appropriate to talk about?

Yeah, because to them, they're like – whenever you're first – you're inundated with family members asking you questions about their son's last moments and stuff like that. So you kind of feel like it's not just my story.

Yeah, because to them, they're like – whenever you're first – you're inundated with family members asking you questions about their son's last moments and stuff like that. So you kind of feel like it's not just my story.

Yeah, because to them, they're like – whenever you're first – you're inundated with family members asking you questions about their son's last moments and stuff like that. So you kind of feel like it's not just my story.

Spending time with Vietnam veterans really made me feel like, oh, I'm doing okay. You know, because like, I'm like, they're like, they're like, you know, I got no POWs who were like, you know, they went to fucking prison. My dad was a Vietnam veteran.

Spending time with Vietnam veterans really made me feel like, oh, I'm doing okay. You know, because like, I'm like, they're like, they're like, you know, I got no POWs who were like, you know, they went to fucking prison. My dad was a Vietnam veteran.

Spending time with Vietnam veterans really made me feel like, oh, I'm doing okay. You know, because like, I'm like, they're like, they're like, you know, I got no POWs who were like, you know, they went to fucking prison. My dad was a Vietnam veteran.

and uh he was drafted into vietnam and like i didn't know anything about his military service and uh and and and i got one of the reasons i joined the marine corps was i resented how quiet he was he didn't speak at all and then um now you know as an adult later on in life i was like i understood like oh like you know they were spit on and and so they had this shame and stuff like that and but talking to vietnam veterans like so many of them especially the combat veterans

and uh he was drafted into vietnam and like i didn't know anything about his military service and uh and and and i got one of the reasons i joined the marine corps was i resented how quiet he was he didn't speak at all and then um now you know as an adult later on in life i was like i understood like oh like you know they were spit on and and so they had this shame and stuff like that and but talking to vietnam veterans like so many of them especially the combat veterans

and uh he was drafted into vietnam and like i didn't know anything about his military service and uh and and and i got one of the reasons i joined the marine corps was i resented how quiet he was he didn't speak at all and then um now you know as an adult later on in life i was like i understood like oh like you know they were spit on and and so they had this shame and stuff like that and but talking to vietnam veterans like so many of them especially the combat veterans

They spent time in prison, bars, fights, and stuff like that. And I know that from my own people. We have some of those people too. But yeah, it definitely is a different generation.

They spent time in prison, bars, fights, and stuff like that. And I know that from my own people. We have some of those people too. But yeah, it definitely is a different generation.

They spent time in prison, bars, fights, and stuff like that. And I know that from my own people. We have some of those people too. But yeah, it definitely is a different generation.

uh for me becoming a dad becoming a dad really really changed like because i think before i was so prideful um i was so proud i i especially talking to my gold star families like i i didn't tell them everything that happened until my son was born my son was born then i was like oh you should really know every detail about your son what was the uh what was the time gap there um my son's two two years old so about like eight uh like i mean like

uh for me becoming a dad becoming a dad really really changed like because i think before i was so prideful um i was so proud i i especially talking to my gold star families like i i didn't tell them everything that happened until my son was born my son was born then i was like oh you should really know every detail about your son what was the uh what was the time gap there um my son's two two years old so about like eight uh like i mean like

uh for me becoming a dad becoming a dad really really changed like because i think before i was so prideful um i was so proud i i especially talking to my gold star families like i i didn't tell them everything that happened until my son was born my son was born then i was like oh you should really know every detail about your son what was the uh what was the time gap there um my son's two two years old so about like eight uh like i mean like

eight, 10 years. Uh, cause even in college, uh, went to UIW and I remember like taking pride in, um, my professors not knowing that I was military. Cause that arm was so, it was like, it's got a Katrina Calavera on it. It's like a Mexican sugar school. And, um, I just remember one time, um, her telling my professor that I had to like miss something for a VA appointment.

eight, 10 years. Uh, cause even in college, uh, went to UIW and I remember like taking pride in, um, my professors not knowing that I was military. Cause that arm was so, it was like, it's got a Katrina Calavera on it. It's like a Mexican sugar school. And, um, I just remember one time, um, her telling my professor that I had to like miss something for a VA appointment.