“One of the best things I’ve heard about war is that there’s nothing normal about war. So, you put people into a situation and they’re expected to normalize it when there’s nothing normal,” said Executive Director of the National Capital District for the USO, Lisa Marie Riggins. Her father served in Vietnam and stayed connected to his family through the many letters he sent home. “To be that person in those letters, and deal with what was happening, that’s not normal,” she added.