Sportsman’s Corner: Thank you for your service

This past Wednesday was Veterans Day. This writer would like to add my thanks to all the men and women who have served this country in the military. My father, John E. Roche Jr., served proudly in the Air Force. He took particular pride in the job his unit, the 357th Fighter Squadron, did and the role that the P51 Mustang, the fighter plane on which he serviced as an armorer, played in the war. The P51 was the first fighter with the range to fly all the way to Germany and protect the bombers as they successfully bombed German factories that were producing war materials. My father was close to those in his unit and traveled to reunions for years. That fellowship was strong. Each and every veteran has contributed and continues to contribute to the ideals of freedom that the United States has always represented. Nov. 11 has another distinction. Throughout the northeast, biologists who study whitetail deer behavior almost universally believe that Nov. 11 is the peak of rutting activity.

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