Jim Martin is proud of his family's sacrifice and legacy.

His father served in World War Two and his brother in Vietnam. His brother-in-law, Dave Powers, had boots on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"It's great that they feel that strong about this country, the United States of America, defending what we value and our way of life and protecting their families and their neighbors," said Martin. "It really is a profound sense of pride that I have."

His brother Rich never made it back from Vietnam. He took his own life.

"It took me decades before I would be able to say that or better understand how it happens now," said Martin. "I will say at that time, the medications weren't as good, and there wasn't an acceptance in society of those difficulties as there is today. There's a lot more behavioral health direction that can be that one can get. I didn't have to crawl on my belly and swamps and marshland, not have a warm place to sleep, not knowing if I was going to eat that day or the next day,

"They signed up; they enlisted," said Martin. "They knew this was this is going to be ugly. All of them experienced folks who next to them had were shot and didn't survive."

"I didn't serve, and the story is not about me," said Martin. "The stories about all the men and women who have served are serving and will serve."