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Hekate

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53. It's interesting that no one has yet commented that he brought his whole unit back alive

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 01:35 AM

Nov 2014

I hope that he, his mother, and all of you posting here can realize just how huge of an accomplishment that really is. It's enormous.

All during the BushCheney era I was an active member of the Vets for Peace locally. I'm not a vet myself, but they invited me in. All of those men and women bore physical and psychic wounds of one kind or another. For the ones my age, there was the added burden of being despised for coming back alive from Vietnam. Let's at least not repeat that particular mistake.

As for this woman's son, I hope he too can find his way to personal peace, maybe even to the VFP.

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