Tribute To Vietnam Veterans....Welcome Home.......March 5, 2002

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[Snow Bunny]

Even though we all were in Vietnam at different times, at different places our hearts were united and our lives they were intertwined.
After Vietnam there were no parades, not many people wanted to hear our stories, and if they did listen, they didn't really understand. I know this is a small thank you for all each of you did , but I want to thank you for serving and for being the person you were then and now.
I appreciated what you were did ,and would do in the future to secure the freedom and liberty of this nation and other nations.

A man has not lived until he has almost died…….

For those who have fought life has a flavor……..

The protected will never know.

…….. author Unknown Vietnam Veteran

THE EYES OF A WARRIOR
(A tribute to the Vietnam Veterans, and the Veterans of our past)

In the eyes of a warrior we see strength, loyalty, honor ~ we see pain, horror, and loneliness. When you look into their eyes you see the stony strength of one who has the courage to take on the world so that we may choose. You see the will that stands between fear and a belief that freedom is the most valuable gift that one can give to another. And, you see the heart ~ with its granite-hard conviction that the soul cannot survive without honor. Personal honor cannot be lost or thrown away. It is embedded in the soul of the warrior beyond this earth ~ beyond eternity, and beyond his or her own ability to survive without it.

When you look into the eyes of a warrior, you also see the dead pool of pain. It surrounds and envelopes the inner soul ~ it is a natural by-product of the prize, freedom. One cannot win this prize unless they are willing to endure the pain ~ for this is the price. No one pays this price like the warrior. The horror that is endured....remembered....is the cause of the pain but is also the means by which the warrior wins for us, the freedom and the life that we enjoy. So oblivious are we to the price they pay. The tears they shed somewhere inside where we cannot see unless we look for the brothers they were forced to leave behind, and for the loss ~ the never ending loss of war. In their eyes one will see the deepest most internal ~ and most eternal loneliness we shall ever witness. It comes from the deepest part within them, that part which suffers still, the battle.

If you look deep into the eyes of a warrior, you will see the collage of the human spirit. If you cannot envy this ~ if you cannot love, respect and honor this, then you have no right to the freedom they so willingly won, and then simply gave to you.

Have we ever stopped to think what our world would be like if we had no warriors? How would we have the right to determine for ourselves what we will do on a lazy Sunday afternoon? How would we determine for ourselves what our children will learn and how they will be raised? And the most important question of all ~~ how dare we forget these things are true?

To All Veterans:

"With all my heart I embrace you....
with all my soul I wrap you in
the protective shroud of my pride
in you and my gratitude for what
you have given me".

[Snow Bunny]

Hi Joe, thank you for serving and for all you are doing now. Welcome Home Joe.

[Snow Bunny]

Wonderful post Victoria.Thank you so much my friend for all you do here at FR and for being my friend.

[Liberal Classic]

[T'wit]

Thanks, SamWolf. If not Bourke-White, then it was some other (female) journalist or photographer whose death in Vietnam was a shock. A conservative, too. ... Philippa Schuyler, a talented young concert pianist and daughter of a conservative newspaper columnist, also perished in some mishap over there -- perhaps a chopper crash.

[Snow Bunny]

Hi Cibco, my thanks is in seeing each of you welcomed home and respected and thanked.That means so much to me.

You are so kind, thank you.(((((( hug )))))

[Snow Bunny]

Hi Big Blue, thank you so much. Yes it was beautiful here too. Thanks for your support

[Snow Bunny]

What a beautiful post and I can feel your heart saying it. Thank you so much.(( hug ))

[Snow Bunny]

Great pictures Mustard. Thank you so much and for the Patch too. (( hug ))

[B4Ranch]

PING, READ IT BEFORE YOU CLICK ON IT!

[RangerVetNam]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. It is always nice to attend a "parade" like this for our homecoming.

[T'wit]

The book was "Four Jills in a Jeep" by the Hollywood starlet Carole Landis. It recounted her adventures on a tour to entertain troops in England and Africa, with three other actresses, Mitzi Mayfair, Martha Ray and Kay Francis. A cheerful, bouncy book -- made into a forgettable Hollywood film. She met Bourke-White in Africa where combat was close, and recounts some of the photographer's absolutely hair-raising feats.

Landis sounded so darned upbeat, it is strange indeed that she died by her own hand only a few years later (overdose of seconal), before she was yet 30.

Did you know that it was Bill Buckley's sister, Priscilla, a wire-service editor in France, who coined the term, "The Angel of Dien Bien Phu"?

[T'wit]

See #191 for more on the book.

[RangerVetNam]

Thanks for always remembering us and for all of your hard work on our behalf. But most of all thanks for being "in country" with us when you were. We will never forget and forever appreciate what you did for us.

[deadhead]

Welcome Home! This is a wonderful Tribute to Our Vietnam Veterans. My heartfelt Thank You to All Vietnam Veterans. And Thank You Snow Bunny for having been there for our Troops and Veterans, then and now. You are a kind person with a big heart.

[tet68]

Snowbunny, I too want to thank YOU for YOUR service.

You have thanked me many times for mine
and I only found out about your being in country a short while ago.

God Bless.

Tet68

[Snow Bunny]

Hi Rockfish, thank you for both of the links.

I want to post this from your link of your brother.Thank you and your brother with my whole heart.

[tet68]

Dickey Chapell, killed by a land mine while with the Marines.

[T'wit]

Yes! Thanks so much.

[Snow Bunny]

What a beautiful story. Thank you so much. I will remember this story always.
Thank you Doug so much, and for your friendship. Thank you for serving my dear friend.

[SAMWolf]

Journalists Georgette "Dickey" Chapelle
Killed by a mine on patrol with Marines outside Chu Lai, November 4, 1965.

Philippa Schuyler
Killed in a helicopter crash into the ocean nearDa Nang, May 9, 1967.