Gary Sinise

"It all kind of starts right there with the veterans in my own family and most particularly Vietnam veterans. When I played Lt. Dan, I had been working the 80s with the Vietnam veterans. It was apparent that our Vietnam veterans did not receive the welcome home they deserved. They were crapped on and it was a bad time for our nation the way we treated our veterans and I did not want that to happen again to our currently serving active duty folks going to Iraq or Afghanistan. I just started volunteering to make sure they knew they were appreciated and that all kind of manifested into my foundation, the Gary Sinise Foundation."