To: Number57
...we used to call the first firefight 'losing your cherry.'
Life was never the same for us. When you have friends that will always be 19-years old because of a gernade or an AK round; life has a whole different feeling.
Hard to describe...even the feeling of guilt for coming back in one piece.
It was 'a buzz.' It was a 'high.' Sad...
13 posted on
03/21/2007 3:52:09 PM PDT by
Van Jenerette
(U.S.Army, 1967-1991, Infantry OCS Hall of Fame, Ft. Benning)
To: Van Jenerette
Thanks for your service, Van Jenerette, and...
Welcome Home, Soldier. As we saw at the Gathering of Eagles on Saturday, your country IS grateful for what you did and how you did it.
At least the part of the country that COUNTS is grateful.
21 posted on
03/21/2007 4:42:29 PM PDT by
rlmorel
(Liberals: If the Truth would help them, they would use it.)
To: Van Jenerette; tet68
Thank you for your service.
56 posted on
03/22/2007 8:44:56 AM PDT by
Allegra
(Hey! Quiet Down Out There!)
To: Van Jenerette
It was being on the threshold each and every day. It was facing the threshold each and every day.
77 posted on
03/22/2007 8:44:12 PM PDT by
Chgogal
(Vote Al Qaeda. Vote Democrat.)
To: Van Jenerette
in another age, 'seeing the olyphaunt.'
100 posted on
03/23/2007 2:07:30 PM PDT by
ichabod1
("Liberals read Karl Marx. Conservatives UNDERSTAND Karl Marx." Ronald Reagan)
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