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Tag Archives: vietnam
Fighting for religious freedom
I realize I am risking overstating the case for Vietnam Veterans, but I just can’t leave this story alone. I am catching up with too much I missed and thinking there must be others like me who might benefit from … Continue reading
Just show up
These last two weeks have been quite a learning process for me about Vietnam Veterans. Two weeks ago if you’d asked me what I thought about Vietnam Veterans, I would have said, ‘Who?” Now I have a huge sense of … Continue reading
Welcome home
“It was a very difficult time for veterans. There were no parades or parties to welcome you home. There were no services to help you deal with what you saw, what you’d been through or to help you find out … Continue reading
The Wall That Heals
I have a friend who was in my high school youth group at church who ended up fighting in direct combat in Vietnam while I was studying sociology in college. My biggest conflict was whether to stay true to the … Continue reading
Good from bad
You’re old enough to kill, but not for votin’ You don’t believe in war, but what’s that gun you’re totin’? And even the Jordan river has bodies floatin’ And you tell me over and over and over again, my friend … Continue reading
Last man
It’s hard to leave this subject. Vietnam sticks in the craw of this nation and especially in the psyche of my generation. We still don’t know what to think about it. I don’t, at least. It hasn’t been until this … Continue reading
The only grace there is
One more post on the Vietnam war. Yesterday’s post was about my friend Tim’s rescue of a downed Medevac helicopter crew in Vietnam in 1968. In researching that story I came upon a unique relationship on the battlefield during this … Continue reading
Rescue mission
I was going to save this Catch for a military holiday, but the subject matter has been weighing too much on my heart and mind to wait for Veteran’s Day, next November. Besides, it has more weight on January 6, … Continue reading
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