William Jazwinski was driving down the road one morning when he saw the ever-so-polarizing red, white and blue lights reflecting from his rearview mirror.
As the officer approached his window, William greeted him, then asked if he had been speeding.
“Good morning,” the officer replied. “No, not speeding. Just wanted to stop ya and say thank you for your service.”
William recalled a bumper sticker on the back of his car, which had informed the cop that he’d served in the military.
“You’re welcome sir,” William responded. “My pleasure.”
The officer struck up a conversation with the former Heavy Wheeled Vehicle Operator, asking him where he’d served.
“I went to Iraq,” William said. “Did a 15 monther out of Fort Benning.”
That’s when the officer got personal. He told William that his son had served in Iraq. He never made it home.
