ALEX CHADWICK, host: And now two stories from veterans.  One teaches an English class where he      has his students write about their relationship with the military.  More      on him in a moment.  First, to Kurt Rotar, who got a job at a graveyard      after he got out of the service.</s>Mr. KURT ROTAR (Army Veteran): I was in the military.  I was in Vietnam.      I'm an Army veteran.  I started in the National Cemetery Administration      back in 1984 at the Wood National Cemetery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.</s>ALEX CHADWICK, host: One day, Kurt Rotar had a singular experience that changed the      way he felt about his work.</s>Mr. KURT ROTAR (Army Veteran): I started out in the field; I was a groundskeeper.  And I was      there for about three months, and we had to do the internment of an      infant child of a veteran.  And I had a young son about the same age, and      that's when it really hit home as to what my responsibilities were in      working at the cemetery.  And I carry that with me today, and I try to      portray that to the staff, I try and portray it to the families.  We have      to treat each and every service member that comes in here with that same      type of dignity, with that same type of honor as if it was one of our      own.</s>ALEX CHADWICK, host: Kurt Rotar is an administrator of the Massachusetts National      Cemetery in Bourne, Massachusetts.  And thanks to producer Laura Bellows      and Atlantic Public Media.
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