MY DAD (DENNIS) WRITTEN BY: YOUR DAUGTHER TRACY

MY DAD WAS IN VIETNAM HE LEFT IN 1968. HE REMEMBERS IT LIKE YESTERDAY,AWHILE AGO OUR HOUSE BURNED DOWN. HE LOST ALL OF HIS METALS AND HIS UNIFORM, WHICH HE KEPT IN TOP KNOTCH SHAPE.HE WAS VERY HURT BY THIS. SO LAST YEAR KNOWING HOW MUCH ALL THAT MEANT TO HIM. I WENT TO THE VETERNS AFFAIRS OFFICE WHERE I LIVE AND STARTED THE PROCESS OF GETTING HIM A SET OF HIS METALS HE LOST. IT TOOK A VERY LONG TIME TO DO THIS I WROTE EVERYONE. FINALLY THE DAY BEFORE FATHERS DAY I RECIEVED A PACKAGE IN THE MAIL.IT WAS MY DADS METALS. I WENT THAT DAY AND BOUGHT A GLASS CASE FOR HIM TO SHOW THEM OFF. IT TURNED OUT VERY PRETTY. THE NEXT DAY I GAVE IT TO HIM. I WILL NEVER FORGET THE LOOK ON HIS FACE, I'VE NEVER SEEN MY DAD SO EMOTIONAL BEFORE,BUT THAT DAY HE CRIED IN FRONT OF ME FOR THE FIST TIME. THE VIETNAM WAR MEANT THAT MUCH TO HIM.

                                                   SIGNED: 
                                                   TRACY.