Friday, November 11, 2005

VETERANS DAY

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Friday, November 11, 2005

Coming home to lives forever changed

I t was November 1968 and the sky was dark and gray. We flew under the storm as choppers dropped us off at the base of the mountains. We carried 80-pound packs, rifles, machine guns, Claymores, mortars and hand grenades. We carried C-rations, water, battle-dressings and perfumed letters from home, wrapped in plastic. Our squad was the first one out as we climbed into the jungle, and Gurney was on point."

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