"The soldiers were very, very happy, and the whole
aircraft had a different feeling; the other two first-class
passengers wanted to give up their seats, too, but they couldn't
find any more soldiers."
Source: American Airlines Flight
Attendant Lorrie Gammon, commenting on how eight first class
passengers on a flight from Atlanta to Chicago traded their seats
with eight US soldiers on their way back from Iraq for two weeks of
R&R.