Today is a day to remember those who died serving in our military and for those who died by their own hands unable to deal with the experiences.
There’s nothing “Happy” about today. You can be happy for their lives and memories of them. Yet we seem to not care about the sacrifices they made as our leaders refuse to even shake the hands of West Point graduates.
But this is not a day about him or the others in Washington, D.C. who see them more as statistics than people.
The Tulsa-suburb of Coweta, Okla. lost eight young men to the Vietnam War. While that might not seem like a lot compared to the overall casualties of that war, but by the 1970 Census, Coweta had about 19,000 people. Per capita, it was the most casualties of an American town or city during the Vietnam War.
They weren’t losers or suckers. They were young men who probably didn’t have a say in whether they should be serving. And if they did volunteer, they knew the risks involved and did it anyway.
Even if they did have bone spurs.
Peace and love be with all those who served and lost their lives.
Zane Says 