During a weekend when people so egregiously, yet with the best intentions, confuse Memorial Day and Veteran's Day, I was shown this story, and I think it is fitting that it be shared with everyone here. 

It is a short tale fitting a man who sacrificed so much, and left so much of himself overseas.  So, when he was able to return to England at 94 years of age, it is fitting that Melvin Rector (pictured below, far left) was really beginning his journey home, to join his brothers who never came back from World War II.

An American veteran was visiting the sights where he served in England during the Second World War on May 6 when he suddenly collapsed and died.

The trip was especially meaningful for 94-year-old Melvin Rector, since it marked the first time he had returned to England in the 71 years since the war's end. 

While he died before getting to revisit RAF Snetterton Heath, where he was stationed during the war, his loved ones say he passed while fulfilling a dream, in a place that occupied so much of his personal history. 

Rest in peace, Melvin, you fly with the angels now.

Have a great weekend, everyone.  Thanks for the assist, RT.