me. I was too immature at the time to understand the pride that people of my culture take when a member of their family chooses to serve our country. Later, I heard the story of Sara Castro Vara of San Antonio, Texas, who had six sons. All six of her sons served in World War II. When she was approached with sympathy because of this, she said, “If I had a seventh son, I would have been proud to send him too to fight for his country.”
