[aliquando]

I owe you sir. I have two children: a boy 9 and a girl 5. Your son gave his life for them. I can never pay this debt to you. Thank you ( that sounds so shallow, but the English language fails me now.). He gave my children an opportunity to grow up.

[geezerwheezer]

As I grow older, and hopefully a little wiser, I look back on my country and my service in Viet Nam. We all lost something then, and there are times when I wonder if we ever got it back. In reading this man's letter, I'm satisfied we got it back, and we are the world's protectors, and we have the finest folks in our Military. I know the love this man had for his son, but he was our son too! We all miss him, and honor him and his ultimate sacrifice. The naysayers, and the no-gooders are just that, full of hate and anger at their own country, and their own sons and daughters in the Military. Forget them as they are destined to the ashes of the future, they will never know of sacrifice, and they are the real losers in life. God bless your son, and may he dwell in the House of our Lord forever, and God bless you too, kind sir, and keep you in our hearts as a reminder of all that is good.