Vet With No Friends Or Family Has 800 Show Up At His Funeral

There can still be some faith in humanity as acts of kindness

and charity are still around.

Hundreds of people turned out in Lancaster, Kentucky, to provide a military funeral to a United States veteran they didn't even know. 

Vietnam veteran Don Kaas died at age 66 at a VA hospital in late July. 

The hospital was unable to locate any members of the former sailor's family, so an owner of a local funeral home stepped in. 

After the remains went unclaimed for a few weeks, Lancaster Funeral Home owner Shane Young decided to post about it on Facebook. 

He said he was hoping that at least a few people would show up to pay their respects, but the response quickly "snowballed."

"It was an overwhelming response. We knew that night something special was happening," said Young.

With support from local veterans organizations, an estimated 800 people showed up to honor Kaas and provide him with a full military funeral.

Not much is known about Kaas. He served on a submarine during the Vietnam War and later moved to Kentucky because he loved horses.

Donald Trump Takes Commanding Double Digit Lead In New Poll

The Establishment branch of the Republican Party is in desperation mode right now and is beginning to realize that Jeb is doing it for them. Jeb has moved into 3^rd place behind 2^nd place Scott Walker. 

Donald Trump has taken his biggest lead to date and many are agreeing with the Donald that John McCain is now a war hero but someone who should have been court martialed for aiding the enemy during the Vietnam War.   

In a new nationwide poll done by the Washington Post and ABC News, Donald Trump is soaring over his GOP rivals.  The poll was conducted amid his “media manipulated” controversial comments about Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) “war hero” status.

According to the just-released poll, Trump — with 24 percent support among likely Republican voters — holds a comfortable, double-digit lead over nearest competitor Scott Walker, who captures 13 percent support.

Jeb Bush, Mike Huckabee, and Sen. Marco Rubio round up the top 5 with 12, 8, and 7 percentage points of support, respectively. Sen. Rand Paul, meanwhile, sits in sixth place with 5 percentage points.

Vietnam Vet: McCain No War Hero - What about the 56,000 That Died?

One Vietnam Veteran does not believe John McCain to be a war hero.  In fact, Larry Harty - an active grassroots politico, states on Facebook

 (excuse the language his verbiage, not mine)

"JOHM MCCAIN CALLED TRUMP SUPPORTERS CRAZY
WELL JOHN MCCAIN YOU STUPID BITCH IM NOT CRAZY & DONALD TRUMP IS RIGHT ""YOU ARE NO MORE A DAM HERO THAN I AM" I AM A REPUBLICAN WHO SEES YOU AS JUST ANOTHER GOP ESTABLISHMENT BUTT KISSING RINO WHO COULD CARE LESS ABOUT FIGHTING FOR WHATS BEST FOR THE CONSERVATIVE CAUSE!
I AM ONE REPUBLICAN WHO WANTS NO MORE TO DO WITH THE REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT !

 
TODAY John McCain is no more than a political hack who like the rest of the gop establishment candidates is for sale to the highest bidder!

Larry Harty PLEASE SHARE!

I am a vietnam vet, as a door gunner in vietnam i flew more missions than mccain! I have the medals to prove it , but i am no hero , being in the wrong place at the wrong time does not make you hero! We should all thank him for his service but he in fact is not a hero, anymore than any other of 56,000 men who died in vietnam & were never called hero's!"