Wally’s All-Star moment

It probably didn’t get much notice at last night’s All Star game, except, of course, by the people who were at Target Field. But on Twitter last evening, Eileen Smith posted a pretty poignant moment on the Jumbotron.

WWII and Korean War vet on the jumbotron at the #ASG. #mlb #hero @twins usher for 14 years! http://t.co/BeyugF7SBK

— Eileen Smith (@EilSmi) July 16, 2014

It’s Wally Englund, who, as Eileen points out, was an usher at the Metrodome for quite a few years.

But there’s so much more to his story, including his courage in telling about the after-effects of his service in World War II.

Here’s the story he told me five years ago.