My neighbor.. a movie.. and a Thank You!
My neighbor who is 39 and not very up on world history and things of a military nature, was visiting his dying mother over the weekend and viewed the movie "We Were Soldiers Once" with his family. I have discussed my Vietnam service with him only in passing. He came over tonight and made a special point to thank me for my service and that he had never understood what Americans from that generation went through. I tried to make him understand that the type of battle that transpired in that movie was unusual for Vietnam, that my experience was nothing like that, that it was probably the best movie about Vietnam so far, and that everything that was addressed in that movie about the way the war was going to be fought sealed the fate of 58,000 brave Americans. He understood as best he could, and after he left I got something in my eye and I just had a good feeling all over....
larry ... just ... larry
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