For the past few years, veterans of World War II and the Korean War have been having lunch at Denny's off Moorpark Road. We generally get together about every six weeks and find pleasure in our camaraderie, being part a diminishing and oft-forgotten generation. We chose this location as we are allowed the privacy of a back room, isolated from the restaurant area, so our noisy group of 15 to 20 can shout to each other with abandon.

After desserts, when we asked the waiter for our bills, we were told that a patron "took care of it.” We were all so surprised, thinking that one of our group was so generous, but finally realized this did not occur. This is to thank that anonymous person for his/her generosity, but more, for saying to us, "There are still some of us that thank you for your participation and sacrifice."

— Leonard Zerlin, Thousand Oaks