Re: Terry ~ Viet Nam OT Re: A special hello.~Tess

[Guest guest]

Thank you, Jane! God Bless you! I love you! ken

JANE <janeatregis@...> wrote:Tess,

My best friend's brother stepped on a land mine over there- he was a

19 year old newlywed. Debbie refused to believe he was dead for

almost a year, said it was a mistake. My sister in law's brother was

a P.O.W. He left us a healthy east Texas, farm raised preacher boy,

and came home a haunted skeleton of a man. I have one friend, a Nam

vet, who is in a VA sponsored facility again- he flipped out during

desert storm, and then again when we got into Iraq- it makes him have

flashbacks. He's been in for a year this time. I have an older friend

who flew troop transports over there- he has nightmares about

delivering boys to their deaths. It's hard to explain what it was

like back then to my kids. They think it was all love beads and

grateful dead concerts. God, I wish it had been.

Love

jane

> Hi Friends...My husband was in the Navy from Oct. 68 - Dec. 72. He

> loved our country with all his heart, and was eager to serve. He

spent

> 7 months each year the first 3 years off the coast of Viet Nam and

in

> the ines. When he came home, in some ways his spirit had

been

> broken. Whle he wanted to serve and protect and stand up for

important

> things, he saw much ugliness and horrible things and deceit. It

broke

> his heart. He never regretted serving his country at all, but he

felt

> so much was immoral and not what the Powers that Be portrayed it as.

>

> My love and respect and compassion go out to every

Veteran...especially

> the Viet Nam era veterans...it was a heart wrenching time.

>

> Much love...

>

> Tess

[Guest guest]

Thank you, Jane! God Bless you! I love you! ken

JANE <janeatregis@...> wrote:Tess,

My best friend's brother stepped on a land mine over there- he was a

19 year old newlywed. Debbie refused to believe he was dead for

almost a year, said it was a mistake. My sister in law's brother was

a P.O.W. He left us a healthy east Texas, farm raised preacher boy,

and came home a haunted skeleton of a man. I have one friend, a Nam

vet, who is in a VA sponsored facility again- he flipped out during

desert storm, and then again when we got into Iraq- it makes him have

flashbacks. He's been in for a year this time. I have an older friend

who flew troop transports over there- he has nightmares about

delivering boys to their deaths. It's hard to explain what it was

like back then to my kids. They think it was all love beads and

grateful dead concerts. God, I wish it had been.

Love

jane

> Hi Friends...My husband was in the Navy from Oct. 68 - Dec. 72. He

> loved our country with all his heart, and was eager to serve. He

spent

> 7 months each year the first 3 years off the coast of Viet Nam and

in

> the ines. When he came home, in some ways his spirit had

been

> broken. Whle he wanted to serve and protect and stand up for

important

> things, he saw much ugliness and horrible things and deceit. It

broke

> his heart. He never regretted serving his country at all, but he

felt

> so much was immoral and not what the Powers that Be portrayed it as.

>

> My love and respect and compassion go out to every

Veteran...especially

> the Viet Nam era veterans...it was a heart wrenching time.

>

> Much love...

>

> Tess