Final Salute Quotes

“I've had people tell me to get over it. I politely tell them, 'How about if I chop off your finger and see if it grows back?”
― Jim Sheeler, Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives

“You know," he said, "sometimes I wish they would do this for us when we come home alive.”
― Jim Sheeler, Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives

“You always hear all these statements like "Freedom isn't free." You hear the President talking about all these people making sacrifices. But you never really know until you carry one of them in a casket. When you feel their bodyweight. When you feel them. That's when you know. That's when you understand.”
― Jim Sheeler, Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives

“the medals no one will ever wear should be the ones that reflect the most.”
― Jim Sheeler, Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives

“You always hear all these statements like “freedom isn’t free.” You hear the president talking about all these people making sacrifices. But you never really know until you carry one of them in the casket. When you feel their body weight. When you feel them, that’s when you know. That’s when you understand. —MARINE STAFF SERGEANT KEVIN THOMAS”
― Jim Sheeler, Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives