For some of us, at least for me, this is a little late and it rings hollow coming from Leon Panetta and his cohorts. For my brothers, I believe this poem says it all.
If you are able,
Save for them a place
Inside of you
And save one backward glance
When you are leaving
For the places they can
Go no longer.
Be not ashamed to say
You loved them,
Though you may
Or may not have always.
Take what they have left
And what they have taught you
With their dying
And keep it with your own.
And in that time
When men decide and feel safe
To call the war insane,
Take one moment to embrace
Those gentle heroes
You left behind.
Major Michael Davis O’Donnell
1 January 1970
Dak To, Vietnam
For some of us, at least for me, this is a little late and it rings hollow coming from Leon Panetta and his cohorts...I share those thoughts.
Never Forget!
These are the same bastards who threw buckets of hate and ridicule at us when we returned all those years ago. They tried to shame us for performing our duty.
Forget? Hell! It's those same hippie commies that spat and jeered at us that are now in charge of our Nation and Military!
Hollow indeed...
Other than that, Welcome Home my Brothers and Sisters!!! Ya done Good!