Mal H,
I welcome home every Vietnam Vet I meet. Since we weren't welcomed home then, we do it particularly to each other now.
I'm sure that "Cobra Driver" appreciated it Mal, as I do when I hear it.
I even hear "Thanks For Your Service" now and then, since the war started in Iran. Shocks me sometimes times, like mentioning to the young guy in my local gunshop that I hadn't shot an M16 since Nam, and he said, "Thank you sir for your service". I was touched. I could have lived without the sir part, because a few grey hairs betray me, but I too knew that kid was sincere, and I appreciated it.