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entary that I heard about.Dad, you would not believe television today. It is a whole new world. Not just five local channels anymore. Hundreds and hundreds. And it is expensive. Not free like it used to be.But that is another story too at a different time.I discovered a ten-part documentary called The War in Vietnam. It was created by an American documentary filmmaker named Ken Burns. He has created several documentaries none of which I have seen but this one about Vietnam is a trip down memory lane. And not a pleasant trip either. It is violent, graphic, horrifying, and disturbing. I could go on and on but the bottom line is, it is all true. Watching the documentary, and realizing the film is real footage, not a movie, is to say the least emotional.Oddly I am pleased that I discovered this documentary. It allows me to grieve for those who were lost so many years ago. Soldiers, doctors, nurses, correspondence reporters, children, mothers and fathers. So many of the forgotten. And their lives were taken in such horrifying ways. Utterly brutal.Now I am thinking about your time in the War. The horrors that you witnessed while stationed in Peleliu, Palau, and Okinawa, Japan. The horrors that you never talked about. It had to have been unimaginable. Just from what I am viewing in the documentary that I am watching, I know how difficult it had to be for you to share your stories. I wish I had asked more questions. Maybe or maybe not you could have shed your light on the war.In a fragment of one episode, Walter Cronkite was reporting the evening news. I noticed that he was givi

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ng his honest opinion of the war. Walter was always such an emotional broadcaster, always on the verge of tears when reporting a significant and historical event.Dad, currently there is a war between Russia and Ukraine. The two countries have been fighting for 2 years. Russia has annexed Crimea. Also, Israel. Again. This dispute is about borders.I wrote a letter to Mom recently. Did she tell you that you are going to be Great Grandpa? Our baby granddaughter is due in a few months. We are thrilled that our family is starting to grow. But I fear for my children’s future and their children’s future. Sadly war will always be.And the presidential election is coming up in a few months. It will not be a good outcome. I know, and others already know this. I fear the outcome will result in a civil war in the U.S. Dare I say it?Since I started writing my story the lyrics of a song have been playing in my head on repeat.What a coincidence. The song is called War. The lyrics were written by Edwin Star and sung by him as well. It was released in 1970. Do you remember it? It is a powerful song against war and violence.War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothin! Say it again.<figure id="7dee"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*[email protected]"><figcaption>Photo by Valentin Salja on Unsplash</figcaption></figure>Well Dad, this is all for now. I miss you and Mom so much. Please watch over our family from heaven.Love,Your daughter</article></body>

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CAN YOU READ IN HEAVEN

Dear Dad,

Remember how much we both loved to read? I still love it. Every chance I get, I find myself reading. The book that I am reading now has me contemplating.

A lot.

It is the story of nurses who were stationed in Vietnam and their survival during and after the war. The timeline of this book is so relevant to me. I relished and savored each page of this story. It allowed me remember so much that I had forgotten.

I researched online some facts about the Vietnam War. Oh, Dad, online is the internet. The internet, jeez how can I simplify this? It is a computer-based network sometimes called the information highway. Imagine encyclopedias at your fingertips with information that you may be interested in. All you have to do is type what you want to research on a keyboard, (like a typewriter.) Another story for another time.

The war in Vietnam officially started on November 1, 1955. Wow! My birthday! I was 2 years old and you had been back from the Pacific theatre during World War II about ten years before that. The Vietnam war had ended on April 30, 1975. That is twenty long, senseless, heartbreaking years.

Because of the book that I am currently reading, I have become melancholy about this war. It used to be called a conflict. I searched one of my streaming television channels for a documentary that I heard about.

Dad, you would not believe television today. It is a whole new world. Not just five local channels anymore. Hundreds and hundreds. And it is expensive. Not free like it used to be.

But that is another story too at a different time.

I discovered a ten-part documentary called The War in Vietnam. It was created by an American documentary filmmaker named Ken Burns. He has created several documentaries none of which I have seen but this one about Vietnam is a trip down memory lane. And not a pleasant trip either. It is violent, graphic, horrifying, and disturbing. I could go on and on but the bottom line is, it is all true. Watching the documentary, and realizing the film is real footage, not a movie, is to say the least emotional.

Oddly I am pleased that I discovered this documentary. It allows me to grieve for those who were lost so many years ago. Soldiers, doctors, nurses, correspondence reporters, children, mothers and fathers. So many of the forgotten. And their lives were taken in such horrifying ways. Utterly brutal.

Now I am thinking about your time in the War. The horrors that you witnessed while stationed in Peleliu, Palau, and Okinawa, Japan. The horrors that you never talked about. It had to have been unimaginable. Just from what I am viewing in the documentary that I am watching, I know how difficult it had to be for you to share your stories. I wish I had asked more questions. Maybe or maybe not you could have shed your light on the war.

In a fragment of one episode, Walter Cronkite was reporting the evening news. I noticed that he was giving his honest opinion of the war. Walter was always such an emotional broadcaster, always on the verge of tears when reporting a significant and historical event.

Dad, currently there is a war between Russia and Ukraine. The two countries have been fighting for 2 years. Russia has annexed Crimea. Also, Israel. Again. This dispute is about borders.

I wrote a letter to Mom recently. Did she tell you that you are going to be Great Grandpa? Our baby granddaughter is due in a few months. We are thrilled that our family is starting to grow. But I fear for my children’s future and their children’s future. Sadly war will always be.

And the presidential election is coming up in a few months. It will not be a good outcome. I know, and others already know this. I fear the outcome will result in a civil war in the U.S. Dare I say it?

Since I started writing my story the lyrics of a song have been playing in my head on repeat.

What a coincidence. The song is called War. The lyrics were written by Edwin Star and sung by him as well. It was released in 1970. Do you remember it? It is a powerful song against war and violence.

War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothin! Say it again.

Well Dad, this is all for now. I miss you and Mom so much. Please watch over our family from heaven.

Love,

Your daughter