A Sad Time and an Awful War

I was from a poor rural county in Iowa The kind that drafts young men during wars Back in the late sixties many of our men went to Viet Nam Some did not return, others returned damaged Patriots, doing their duty, representing the USA. Some of us thought so too, we did not understand How horrible war is, or what it will do to a young man Soldiers should have been respected and revered upon their return Instead they were name-called and put down. The average age of the eager-to-lease recruits was eighteen A war that was misunderstood , a war that angered people at home. One of the saddest wars that ever happened to our country.