To the editor:

Fortunately we live in a world of advanced technology that affords all readers the opportunity to dispel allegations of misinformation. In reading the many letters to the editor we see many wannabes that make claim of being true Americans in rhetoric, but not in action.

My allegiance goes to my country and the sacrifices of all our American veterans who gave so much in protecting our freedoms. My flag is a symbol of this freedom. If you don’t want to stand for the national anthem, perhaps you should give your legs to a veteran who lost theirs.

As a combat-wounded American veteran I have seen so many of these wannabes and their condemnation rhetoric through the years. Leading me to realize the hardest enemy we face in life is that of combating ignorance.

May God continue to bless our American veterans, the true heroes of this nation. “All gave some, Some gave all.”

Jack Wagner

Cape Coral