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Old 05-27-2002, 11:18 PM
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After our Sunday Evening Service. The Vets and I just sat and talked about being in the Service. Some served in WW II and Some in Korea. Talked about the guys in their units they lost. The WW II fellow is 93 and the last leaf on the tree of his generation. Landed a few days after D-Day and finished the War in Europe. He was in a combat unit and saw enough of the worst in humans but yet one of the most optimistic people I know. Patriotism is good but we all have some concerns. But, I believe our Nation will survive many more years to come. Sat around today and watched Patriot films and war films. Thought about all the men who gave their lives that we might have freedom. Chris and Griz, I wish you guys wouldn't talk about getting old. Sis and I are several years older than you guys and that makes us really feel old.
The older we get we should avoid living in our memories. Memories are wonderful things but life is in the present. A man by the name of Paul wrote: "forgetting those things which are behind, I press on towards that which is ahead, I press on to reach my high calling in Christ Jesus."

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Old 05-28-2002, 12:12 AM
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They say you have won half the battle if you can just get there. I would say there was a victory today for an old broke down Vietnam Vet and his little girl today. The losses of yesterday are great and can't ever be forgotten but the victories of the last four years are certainly bringing the scales into balance.

"Of all that I have done wrong, I must have done something right, to deserve a hug every morning and butterfly kisses at night"...

God bless all baby girls that bring light into the dark corners of a Dad's life and God bless the Dad that continues to be healed by that light..love you Griz..




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Memorial Day ...

It was dead quiet until about 7. You could have parked right on
Constitution Avenue. Buddy apparently was not going to show up as promised,
so I, with great apprehension wandered through the mist to the Vietnam
Memorial.
I had never been there alone before, let alone at 5.A.M. It was an eerie
feeling, yet totally peaceful. It was as though the names on the wall were
visiting me, not me them.
I wandered through the Memorial, looking at the things people had left.
A package of Marlboro's for Charlie, A framed picture of a soldier, who had
been killed so many years ago.
I thought to myself, "well at least that one now has a face on the
wall."
There were wreathes there to be presented to fallen brothers from
various units, and people to honor their friends from so long ago. There
were the notes from schoolteachers asking for help to teach our children the
truth and lessons of Vietnam, and I thought, "where were these teachers 30
years ago". There were little flags; Canadian, POW and American, There were
letters from school children, mothers, and wives. There was a can of
Schlitz, a Zippo, and a single burning candle. All of those things meant
something to someone on the wall. Only the Donor knows for sure, but that is
enough. They are not forgotten.
I sat at the wall and watched the sun come up, alone, and able to just
take it all in, in total solitude.
I had much time to just think, and remember, and mourn, and talk to all
of them without looking like a fool.....I remember it was the best of times,
and it was the worst of times. I remember the friendships and the smiles, I
remember the shared terror we went through occasionally, and we talked about
it.....I remember the pain when I got the news the aircraft was gone, and
the crew. But I remember. I remember it all. I will always remember
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