I'm a Paramedic in Ga and have been for 30 years. I've tried to tell the " kids " that when they pick up patients they need to talk with them if they can on the way to the hospital. Well one day I took my own advise and I'm glad I did. I responded to and elderly gentleman at one of the nursing homes on the south side of Atlanta. Nurses automatically told me the patient had dementia and could not give me much information but he had told them his chest was hurting. Well as I was doing my primary assessment I happened to look up on his wall and there I saw it a 3rd Army patch along with armor brass in a shadow box. I looked down at the patient and asked where you with a real " Bastard " in the service, well you can item aging the looks I got but the gentleman turned to me and said yes sir, Old Blood and Guts Patton himself. I then asked him where had he been and he replied you ever heard of " Nuts " and I said yes sir that is the response the commander of the 10 1st gave the Germans at Bastogne. Needless to say this gentleman was not having any chest pains and he damn sure didn't have any dementia, and I was able to come back after my shift and talk to a real American Hero for hours.

Bo Dawson
Jasper, GA