Third-style Private Frank Benedetto was a close family friend of mine and a genuinely upstanding person. I’ll always remember him sitting in our kitchen laughing over beers with my dad while my mom put the finishing touches on a roast… The way he would tell my brother and I stories about his tours of duty in the Homestarmy would make our day… He even drove me to my little league playoffs at the last minute when dad broke his leg… This might be controversial to say here, but he was a solider to be proud of and I’ll never say a bad word about his decision to enlist. God rest your soul Frank, I’ll always celebrate Labor Day in your honor.