I REMEMBER THE WAR. I WAS BARELY SEVENTEEN. IT WAS THE VIETNAM WAR...I WAS A VERY YOUNG MOTHER...A CHILD WITH A CHILD.  I LOVED HER SO VERY MUCH. I WAS A YOUNG GIRL WITH A VERY SOFT HEART AND THE THOUGHT OF BOYS THAT I GREW UP WITH GOING OFF TO A DISTANT LAND TO FIGHT SEEMED SURREAL.  I COULDN'T IMAGINE ANY OF THESE BOYS  WITH WEAPONS, MUCH LESS SHOOTING ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.  I THOUGHT EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD WAS GOOD....I KNEW NOT ABOUT THE CRUELTY  AND SUFFERING.  MY DADDY TOLD ME.  HE WAS  IN THE WAR. THIS GENTLE SWEET SOUTHERN MAN. HE TOLD ME OF THE SUFFERING OF THE INNOCENTS...EVEN IF YOU HAD MONEY...NO FOOD COULD BE FOUND.  MY DADDY WAS AN HONORABLE SOLDIER...HE FOUND A WAY TO HELP....HE TOOK LEFT OVER FOOD FROM THE MESS HALL TO THE HOSPITALS....MANY CHILDREN WERE STARVING AND THE NURSES  AND STAFF WERE GIVING UP THEIR RATIONS AND LIVING ON BLACK COFFEE. WE ARE SO VERY BLESSED IN AMERICA.... I HAVE VERY MIXED EMOTIONS ABOUT THE WAR....I HATE FIGHTING BUT ALSO  DEPLORE BULLIES LIKE HITLER ,CASTRO, SADAM, AND ALL THE OTHERS TOO MANY TO NAME. I BELIEVE IN LIBERTY JUSTICE, AND THE AMERICAN WAY. I PRAY FOR PEACE. I PRAY FOR OUR TROOPS AND FOR GOD TO GUIDE OUR LEADERS TO DO THE RIGHT THING. I HAVE FAITH IN GOD ABOVE ALL THINGS. PEACE TO YOU MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN ARMS,COME HOME SAFELY......GOD BE WITH YOU ALL.....GOD BLESS ALL THAT HAVE FALLEN  AND THOSE WHO STAND WATCH OVER US......GOD BLESS MY DADDY.....I WILL MISS YOU TIL THE DAY I DIE.......YOUR BABY GIRL.....BEBE

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