From MISSY, on Tue, 15 Dec 1998 23:17:09 GMT
DEAR SIR, ALTHOUGH I ENJOY LEARNING AS MUCH AS I CAN ABOUT VIETNAM I HAVE TO WONDER WHY YOU ARE OR HAVE CREATED THIS WEB SITE. I READ YOUR FIRST CLIP AND HAVE TO SAY THAT I AM GLAD PHOTOGRAPHERS SUCH AS YOURSELF WERE THERE IN VIETNAM BUT I MUST ADD THAT PICTURES AND FALSE NEWS MEDIA STORIES ARE EXACTLY THE TYPE OF PROPAGANDA THAT BROUGHT THE NEGATIVE FEELINGS ABOUT THE WAR HOME TO AMERICA WHICH IN TURN GAVE OUR MEN AND WOMEN A MORE THAN COLD WELCOME HOME. I AM ONLY 26 YEARS OLD AND I UNFORTUNALY MISSED THE WAR AND CAN ONLY FORM MY OPINIONS BASED ON HUMAN NATURE TO FORM AN OPINON ON WHAT FACTS AND FEELINGS BEFORE ME. I READ ALL I CAN ABOUT THE WAR AND FOR A FEMALE VERY STRANGE I MUST ADMIT. I CAN SAY IT ALL STARTED IN 1986 WITH THE MOVIE PLATOON AND HAS YET TO END. I MUST SAY YOUR VIEW MUST BE DIFFERENT FROM THE GRUNT IN THE FIELD I KNOW YOUR EXPERIANCE MUST HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT AND GRATEFULLY SO. I THINK\ YOUR SITE IS WONDERFUL AS LONG AS YOU GIVE MANY THANKS TO OUR MEN AND WOMEN. WE MUST NEVER FORGET. SOME NATIONS AND COUNTRIES LIVE AND THRIVE ON WAR IT IS ALMOST A WAY OF LIFE I ALSO BELIEVE IT CONTROLS POPULATION SUCH AS SURVIVAL OF THE FITEST. THERE HAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE WAR. SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME AND I SUPPOSE THE END OF TIME WILL END IN WAR. THANK YOU AND I WISH YOU WOULD PUBLISH SOME THINGS ABOUT THE AMERASIAN CHILDREN THAT WE MADE AND UNFORTUNATLY ABANDONED OVER THERE. THANK YOU MUCH AND MORE THANKS THAN I MAY EVER GIVE TO THE VETERANS
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