I was there as a member of 1/9 in the Evacuation of Saigon. We can NEVER allow that to happen again. One of the most enduring visions I still have from that debacle is of a German Priest & Nun who had run an orphanage in Saigon. As they were leaving their compound (all the kids having been evacuated earlier), they found a little baby that the parents had left on their doorstep so that they'd take the child with them to America.
As a parent, I can even begin to imagine how painful it would be to have to leave one of my kids with someone to take them to safety.
These are the lessons that the leftists never seem to get - in the name of getting our troops out to appease a constituency, they would sell the people of Iraq into unending chaos.
Thank you for your service. Welcome home!