Memorial Day

[BILLY D.]

rocky

a great literary piece. a lot of people out there don't know and can never start to realize what it is like to stand in front of that wall and reach out and touch the name of a fallen comrade and brother. even us mean old sob's cry. theres still something deep down inside that hurts. we'll probably never get over it, but thats ok.

thanks for the post, i appreciate it for all the others.


bigkevmorgan

two things about war. #1. war doesn't decide who is right, it only decides who is left.

#2. was told to me by a strategic air command general who i was working for at the time as his enlisted aide. at this time in air force history the strategic air commands motto was "fighting for peace". enlisted aide= chief cook and bottle washer, chinese laundry boy, driver and body guard.

we were sitting in our quarters one evening enjoying some scotch he had imported in from god knows where, he took a sip, and looked up at me and said bill, "you know, fighting for peace is like f*@%ing for virginity". after almost choking to death and having to clean up my scotch i pondererd that thought. he's absolutely right. i loved that old guy, he was like a father to me. i'd have walked across burning coals for him.