Thank you.
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 5:09 PM, Scott Gomez <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I was lucky enough not to have to go to Vietnam, Bob. I'm a bit younger
> than you; the draft was winding down (although not yet over) by the time I
> was eligible. I joined the Navy, and chased Russian submarines around the
> Atlantic and Mediterranean. Nonetheless, the loss of so many I knew, or
> that were close friends or relatives of those I knew still hurts.
>
> I've have not been to the memorial. I am not sure I can, even being, as it
> were, at one remove from those who actually were in Vietnam. I can't begin
> to imagine how hard that would be. Even browsing a book of photos of the
> wall in a bookstore, shortly after it was completed, was enough to reduce
> me to tears.
>
> It really is something I feel I will have to make myself do, at some point,
> however. You, and all those who did--and did not--return, deserve that
> respect and more.
>
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