Veteran's Day Tribute

On Veteran's Day, Michael offered our tribute to those who:

• have returned home with no one to greet them

• have been told that PTSD will go away with time

• have never been told thank you or officially welcomed home

• returned home physically but still are haunted by nightmares of war

• still react to backfire and break a sweat at the sound of a chopper

• have travelled endlessly never letting roots take hold or settled down

• hear a familiar song that takes you back to a place you’d rather forget

• can count the friends they have on one hand for fear of losing another

• suffer from Agent Orange exposure and are still fighting the last battle

• fought battles in steaming jungles of Vietnam and also here at home

• have more friends on the Vietnam Memorial Wall than they do in this life