Why???

[Andy]

D Lady,
Just wanted to make mention of the movie, We Were Soldiers. My wife cried during the film and after. Never saw a movie affect her so. She just couldn't do enough for me that day. Sadly, I was too stunned from watching it to take advantage of the situation. Yeah, we're all alike.
Thanks for your concern.

Stay healthy,
Andy

[MORTARDUDE]

Kaetelyn :

My neighbors are gay men. Very nice folks. Great interior decorators also !! One of them saw "We Were Soldiers". He is about 40. He made a point to come over to my house and tell me personally that he appreciated my service, and that he had no idea what I had gone thru. I got choked up and tried to explain that I didn't have any experiences like those in the movie, but just cut it short and made sure he knew how much it meant to me...Outside of other Vietnam Vets and those whose relatives were over there, that was one of the few folks in all these years that has said that to me. It means a lot...

darn sandstorms...

Larry

We were soldiers-

Watched it with my wife(Nancy) and 15y/o daughter(Diana).My grown son saw it shortly thereafter.The effect on myself and Nancy was predictable the effect on my son and daughter was interesting.Don't believe either had ever really thought of war except as in the fictional "Rambo" kinda sence.The movie seemed to bring home the fact that wars are fought by real people who love their lives and body parts as much as anybody else and that the death of a soldier is a disaster for a whole family.

A few weeks later the traveling wall came to a local town.Had never been to the wall or any Vietnam memorial.They went with me.Seemed right that they could go and know that those names were way more than mere names;it was good to have them there to remind of the good that has come after.A soldier fights with the hope that his fight may help assure that his children won't have to.