Ric Ryan waves to the driver of a truck as he walks along California Highway 4 near Murphys, California, on February 23, 2013. Known as the &quot;The Walking Man of Murphys,&quot; Ryan, a 67-year-old Vietnam vet, has raised $19,000 in the last two years for UCLA's Operation Mend, which offers free reconstructive surgery to soldiers disfigured in the Iraq and Afgahanistan conflicts. (Gary Friedman/Los Angeles Times/MCT)