From Just an old grunt, on Mon, 21 Feb 2000 14:15:21 GMT (in response to: What's beautiful in war?)
We who stood together at hamlet An Ninh Thoung, Villager, PF Platoon 046 and CAP 3-4-1 saw beauty in each other. We share a love for one another that even death can not over come. I have retruned to An Ninh Thoung out of love for my people not out of hate. We served because of this love not because we hate. We killed to protect those we loved. We sent our friends to die when we wanted to go ourselves because of our love. I have never had enough hate in me to lay my life down, but for love! I see the scared bodies of the few of us that is left and know others will only see the scars not the love he feels for "HIS" village and "HIS" people.
I remain, always faithful
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