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   Reflections and Remembrance

   13.Apr.07, 10:31 EDT
   
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   For every soldier that was wounded and had to leave the field; his buddies, the pure terror of war, those are the images that will always go through their heads, no matter how long the passage of time! When you are with them, the time seems to fly by. You know their full name, their girlfriends, hometown, phone number, likes and dislikes and their faces. It is all a blur, yet you were much closer to them, than those who went all through school with you. You were with them 24 hours a day and depended on them with your life. At the time you are hit, everything goes into slow motion and the faces seem to be in a fog all around you. It is your friends that have come by to see how you are doing, all telling you that all will be fine and that they will soon see you again. You know that this is not true! They shake your hand, tousle your hair or pat you on the shoulder to let you know that they are there, knowing full well that you are on your own. They leave your side as you lay stretched out waiting for an "evac" and go about their business as usual, without you. Your thoughts are centered upon living, while theirs is on the enemy that they must face to complete their job. Your fight is now over. For the next few days you lost all aspect of time and lose precious days that fog in and out while you are safe and being treated. Your buddies are not so lucky. They are carrying on the fight that you are unable to do. They talk of you to one another from time to time and when every new man comes into your company, they are told of you and how to avoid what happened to you. You wonder where they are, who's on point, who's on ambush and who is on LP. Some friendships made in war last a lifetime! Yet, there are others that have slipped away. Neither can remember who was with whom. You can't remember the face that saved your life, their names are erased from your memory. Only sometimes when you meet with one of your buddies, can you both recall certain people that you depended upon. More than likely, you lose all contact with those and have no way to re-establish that contact. Until now. Some, sadly, do not wish to be encountered. THAT IS SAD! To all of us, it sure would be nice if we tried to re-establish those bonds of years gone by. Not to glorify time, but to say THANKS to those that served with us and became BROTHERS-IN-ARMS. Used with permission from Bob (Scotty) Scott A-1/501 1968 PO Box 662 Belfair WA 98528

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   Save For Them a Place Inside of You

   10.Apr.07, 13:18 EDT
   
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   If you are able, save for them a place inside of you and save one backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go. Be not ashamed to say you loved them, though you may or may not have always. Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own. And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind.
   
   Statement made by Major Michael Davis O'Donnell On 1Jan 1970 Dak To,