Virtues and Vices

I met a fellow who was a decorated veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict. He had a down-home style of idiom with a lot of "oh shucks" and "by golly" when he was around "ladies", but in private conversation, every other word was an f-bomb. He told me that he had not spent a day sober since the battle at Chosin, where he had seen so many friend killed. This man was an authentic hero to the country in my estimation yet in the eyes of many, he was a drunk.