Peggy Sue Gabler is the owner of Peggy Sue's diner in Yermo. There's a little diner called Peggy Su

Peggy Sue Gabler is the owner of Peggy Sue's diner in Yermo. There's a little diner called Peggy Sue's about eight miles outside of Barstow, and as hard as Lt. Col. Kenneth Park tries, he can never seem to pay his bill. He orders a burger and a chocolate shake. But before he's finished, the waitress informs him the tab has been taken care of by a stranger who preferred to remain anonymous, but who wanted to do something for a soldier in uniform. Increasingly, the American people express conflicted feelings about the war, but not about the warriors. Gestures of gratitude and generosity that occur with regularity at Peggy Sue's–right across the street from a military desert training site–have become commonplace across the United States. (Photo by Glenn Koenig/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)