Wow. Touching story.
http://www.npr.org/2015/10/30/452849...m_content=2048
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Wow. Touching story.
http://www.npr.org/2015/10/30/452849...m_content=2048
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Last edited by silvereyes; 10-23-2017 at 07:13 PM.
At the end of the day...I am still glad that I am me. Tail and all.
Small snip:
"I didn't even know he was sick," Dupre says. "He was buried in D.C., and his headstone does not have his name on it. It strictly says, 'A gay Vietnam veteran,' and the inscription on it is, 'When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one.' "
At the end of the day...I am still glad that I am me. Tail and all.
It's a good reminder of where we were and where we could go back to. Thanks for posting.
All combat vets deserve respect.
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Crepitus (10-23-2017)
Yup.
I just wish my title was t
the one I thought I was posting.
Lol
At the end of the day...I am still glad that I am me. Tail and all.
Sad. There are all kinds of love. Love for friends is not necessarily any less compelling than romantic love. People will sacrifice themselves for both. The military encourages friendship and interdependency in units. Soldiers frequently suffer extreme psychological trauma when they lose members of their units. They have been known to disobey orders to take care of their buddys. What's the difference?
In quoting my post, you affirm and agree that you have not been goaded, provoked, emotionally manipulated or otherwise coerced into responding.
"The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.”
Mahatma Gandhi
silvereyes (10-24-2017)