What vivid memories of the war stay with you? Either fighting the war, or "serving" on the home front. "They also serve who stand and wait"!
My wife's older brother is a proud Viet Nam veteran. He is a sadder but wiser man after seeing war, and sort of shell shocked from experiencing it. He's bitter that Americans are so ungreatful!
Their dad fought in WWII, and spent time in a prisoner of war camp.
He ate turnips every meal...and never wanted to taste a turnip ever again after the war!!!
My mom was a WWII orphan. Her mom & dad, MY grandparents were murdered by the Nazis.
2007-09-30 00:30:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
We have fighting relatives in Iraq. God preserve their lives!
2007-09-30 01:09:38 · update #1
I find that my most vivid memories of Iraq are the children. The IEDs, Rocket attacks and Small arms fire I dealt with fall into the background. I remember the humanity of the Iraqi people who I dealt with daily. I still look at trash on the side of the road sometimes and recently got chills and heart started racing at a football game when the set off fireworks (if i expect them I am OK). Its strange...I still dream of Iraq but they are of dreams of things I never did...It will be with me for the rest of my life but I am not sorry I was there.
2007-09-30 13:55:55 · answer #1 · answered by melissaw219 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is coming from the home front. My son was in the Marines and the first ground unit to enter in the Gulf war. He came home a different man. Or I should say he came home a man, he was a child just out of school when he joined. He still will not speak of what took place and we support that.
Years later he married and had a family. He was on the Dean's list in College when he joined the Army wanting to make a career in the military. He returned from Iraq in Dec 2006 as a Sargent. Now he is stateside taking more college courses so he can rank up but he could be called to go back anytime.
As a mother it terrifies me and makes me proud at the same time. He exemplifies honour for his country and for the world.
I continually pray for his safety as well as the others who are still there fighting now.
2007-09-30 05:04:40 · answer #2 · answered by gabeymac♥ 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My father was a Marine in occupied China, and bother of his younger brothers were in the military. My husband was a career Army man. and retired after 26 years of service. I did not meet him until after he retired. He did two tours of Viet Nam, and left there in 1973. His death last year at 56 years old was ruled combat related from the many poisons he was exposed to in 'Nam. His organs just began shutting down. I am grateful for the time we had, because he was told eleven years before he died that he had less than a year to live. He not only lived, but enjoyed many years before he began to deteriorate.
2007-09-30 16:45:57 · answer #3 · answered by One Wing Eagle Woman 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i am a Marine vet from this war just got out in Jan.....your talking about alot of things that hit close to home with anyone who has killed in the name of honor...but the thing is that you will never truly understand them untill you are in war yourself...there is nothing stronger than a man who desides that he will give everything he has, his last breath to make sure that his target dies first.
2007-09-30 00:36:10 · answer #4 · answered by Ispeakfreely 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
only the ones told to me by my father.
2007-09-30 17:00:26 · answer #5 · answered by Lady Morgana 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
every single day. and especially the nights.
2007-09-30 00:43:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋