CHAPTER 6Value Is What You Get

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.

—Warren Buffett

During the Vietnam War, Bennie Taylor served as a paratrooper in the 173rd Airborne Brigade based in Bien Hoa. He was awarded a Purple Heart for wounds he received in action in March of 1966. As soon as Bennie could walk again, he went right back to combat duty. I heard about Bennie when he took a trip to Kentucky to participate in an event inspired by his unique family history. Now in his sixties, Bennie wearing a dapper fedora brings to mind images of the old blues greats Muddy Waters and T-Bone Walker. His smoky voice evokes the rasp of aging leaves skittering over the ground in an autumn wind, and you can imagine him as a singer with great soul. When ...

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