I'm awash with tears, when will we stop making men, and women, pit themselves against each other and take lives. It can only haunt you or shut you down so that you can't feel it. The carnage of war lasts so much longer than the battlefield, for the soldiers and all their families. We have to be better than this.
There's an old humorous ststement that fits here, though it's too glib: "We get to soon old and too late smart." I'm humbled. How does (can) one compensate for a life taken?
I'm awash with tears, when will we stop making men, and women, pit themselves against each other and take lives. It can only haunt you or shut you down so that you can't feel it. The carnage of war lasts so much longer than the battlefield, for the soldiers and all their families. We have to be better than this.
Oh my that was one of the most emotional things I've read
I couldn't watch the video. I was already in tears.
I just read this and watched the attached video. It was moving - heart twisting.
I read and I cried. Thank you for sharing this important story here in your terrific newsletter.
This was so emotional. I hope they both found peace.
There's an old humorous ststement that fits here, though it's too glib: "We get to soon old and too late smart." I'm humbled. How does (can) one compensate for a life taken?
Thank you!
This one really reached across time. In the present, Luttrell and Lan. In the past, two men in the fog of war. A disaster, that war, any war.
Heart-wrenching.
Wow, I was in tears with this story! Thanks for bringing it to light
Bravo! For a triumphant return.
Please sir, I want some more, regularly.