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01-27-2009, 02:04 PM
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Why I Write
It was during the fighting in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam that I had one of my worst moments in combat. I had to crawl over a pile of dead and dying VC to get to the young soldier groaning in the mud. As I picked him up, he looked in my eyes and asked--"why do I have to die". I couldn't respond as I tried to push his intestines back inside his belly while he screamed and then his eyes went blank--blue eyes staring at nothing.
I wrote a poem about that incident and about the 58,000 who died like my young soldier. I posted the poem for those who served in Vietnam to read and understand. 
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01-27-2009, 02:48 PM
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Thanks, Ray!
Glad to have you on this site.
To my fellow warriors here at PF: Ranger Ray is my friend, an Honorary Scout, as he rode with us on 31 Jan 1968 after we finished the Battle of Widows' Village. After my Scout Platoon got caught in a 200 meter-long ambush, Ray assumed command of the trailing tracks, and defeated a numerically superior force. He has also served as the PR Director for the MOPH. He's one of us.
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01-27-2009, 03:25 PM
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Welcome here, Ray..and welcome home!
Sure seem to recognize that name. Perhaps we know one another from another world?
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A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. ~Thomas Jefferson Peace,Griz
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01-27-2009, 04:57 PM
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Welocme
Ray. Some gave some some gave all. Your young soldier gave all. Welcome Home.
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 If your going to suceed your going to have to know how to deal with failure. (Joe Torre).
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01-27-2009, 07:16 PM
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Ray
I've been exactly there. Welcome home, buddy.
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01-27-2009, 11:27 PM
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Welcome Aboard !! and Welcome Home !!
Larry
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01-28-2009, 04:34 AM
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You come here...
with an unbelievable reference. Welcome home brother.
Airborne! Pack
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