Killed in Iraq April 4, 2004
No Tombstone Honors Fallen Soldier's Final Resting Place
There are many who will remember military personnel returning from Vietnam. Think of these soldiers as being shot at and watching as friend or Commander lies dying a few feet away. Think of being separated from the unit in a firefight or being so tired that the body begs for a bed in the blind of a tree's half exposed roots; but the soldier "WILLS" the tired body to go on.
Photo of Carl Lee Simpson in Vietnam
Many of these men and women, after long periods of living in harms way, de-board their flight to freedom, to be disrespected by the people they longed to return to.
The media was there cameras ready. The newspapers sold lots of papers to whose expense? The Vet's. This error of judgment is America's shame. We should never again allow highly charged political motivations, to tarnish the honor deserved by those who leave the safety of their homes, their spouses and children in answer to a Call to Arms.
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