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RE: only briefly.

Posted by Inmate51 on May 17, 2017 at 20:48:54

In Reply to: only briefly. posted by Timbo in Oz on May 17, 2017 at 17:47:44:

"My sound track was numbness, confusion and sadness. I was very young, really, so were most of us.

I do recall humming the farewell quartet from Cosi Fan Tutte, a lot. Possibly because Vietnam abounded with forbidden and hidden subjects.

I was a good - convincing? - infantry NCO. Good enough to be useful at Int. I was NOT a 'believer', though.

Fortunate? Definitely.

Confusion comes and goes, numbness and sadness too. Necessary states I ween.

Just recently I lost my temper in the car on the way to the Easter Sunday family gathering. Trisha has a habit of panicking about hazards on the road when I've already begun to avoid them, often delaying my moves. Our son 2 John was with us.

He very plainly told me that this instant ferocity side of me, had always terrified both of my boys when they were young.

I had never really thought about this."

Feel free to continue.

You're a lucky guy.

My nephew-in-law wasn't so lucky. He died at the age of 28 in Afghanistan in August of last year. 28. His death didn't even make the news - they were consumed with Rodham-Clinton. An exceptional Green Beret Special Forces guy, and a great kid. I'll always miss him.

http://memorialwebsites.legacy.com/thompson/MemorialSite.aspx

:)

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