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Respect, honor and rewards to all of the men, women and children who helped us during this war.

From Terry Bateman, on Sat, 17 Jan 1998 07:39:10 GMT

I would like to say thank you to all those hill people who helped us thru out the war and then who were forgotten when we pulled out of south east asia. These were some of the finest people you could have met and could trust with your life. they were loyal, brave and would lay down their life for you at any given time. they were hard working, quick to learn, and ferious in battle. The home life they had to offer was like any other home life except that they showed more love and careing for all and and each other. This is something we in the US could learn from. We came into their lives one day making all kinds of boasts and promises, knowing in our hearts that they were all false. I know that we soldiers who trained, lived, eat, slept, sweated and died with these people gave all we had to them and belived in our hearts that the reason we were sent there had a meaning and purpose. however in the back of our minds we new what could happen when the "BIB SHOTS" got tired of this game would do. There were many who gave their lives and all they had defending this new way of life and one day we left and they had to fend for themselfs against a brutal army that retalitated aganist them for the support they gave us and we set on the sidlines and watched and did nothing. I feel these men, women, and children deserves a lot from our country and I hope one day a congress will see fit to help those you helped us. I hope that you all who see this will except my thank you and I ask GOD to watch over you all and I hope to see you all in heaven one day. MAY GOD BLESS!!!!!!!!


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  1. I am a Montagnard Jennie( known as) (HaJyIuEnM@aol.com), Sat, 29 May 1999 21:30:15 GMT
  2. Sak from Dak Wak Sak (isak@flash.net), Tue, 14 Dec 1999 23:05:02 GMT

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