PRIDE

I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A HEARTFELT THANK YOU, TO ALL THE MEN, AND WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY - ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE GIVEN THEIR HEALTH OR LIVES. I GET SICKENED EVERY TIME I THINK OF THE WAY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TREATED THE RETURNING VETS OF THE VIETNAM ERA! I GUESS ITS EASY FOR THE PANSY'S SITTING AT HOME IN AN A/C CONTROLLED ROOM, OVEREATING,AND WATCHING HOUR AFTER HOUR OF T.V. TO THINK THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS! I WISH THAT SOMEHOW THEY COULD FEEL THE HUMIDITY OF THE JUNGLE, THE EVER PRESENT HUNGRY STARE OF THE VIETCONG, WITH THE BITING INSECTS, AND THE MEMORIES HAUNTING OF FRIENDS THAT WERE BESIDE THEM ONLY A FEW MOMENTS AGO-NOW GONE FOREVER! I APOLOGIZE FOR THE IGNORANCE THAT YOU ALSO HAD TO FACE, WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD FINALLY MADE IT BACK TO FRIENDLY SOIL. I ADMIRE YOU ALL, AS A WHOLE, AND PRAY THAT GOD WOULD GRANT ME ONLY ONE TENTH OF THE COURAGE THAT ALL OF YOU POSSES INDIVIDUALLY!!

                        THANKS FOR MY FREEDOM!