The old man began to water the grass surrounding Sergeant’s grave also. Roger states, “He thought, ‘How could I not better honor him than by watering his grass also?’ It was his way of giving tribute to the late army officer. Every time he would water his wife’s grass, he would water Sergeant’s grave too. That was the reason why the grass of Sergeant was still shiny and greeny when grass belonging to all other graves had turned yellow and dry.