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Letters From Vietnam

LETTERS FROM VIETNAM.........Volume One...... November and December...1967/68....... I drove by your house...several times...In hopes of seeing you......but then I had to go away.... Dearest Sharon, I missed your Prom....I had other commitments.... Hemingway...was the very first American causality of WWI...in Italy....a young man. He fell in love...with his nurse....and his love was not denied....but it was not taken either... because of the riches of an Italian Duke....she left him....his words did not persuade her.....as he had prayed. Jack Riley......Sat in a mud hole....it was still raining..... He had just called in a Air Strike Mission!. This was going to be close...It had to be.....He needed time to get to them out..........FUBAR.....!!!!!! The Jets' screamed down the Valley at dusk!........The first Fighter Jet dived low and slow.....to draw enemy fire ..hopefully...then the second Fighter Jet would come in.....and destroy the target.....at my command.....again...hopefully.... Randall Smith.....Vietnam

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Date: 3/3/2010 3:46:00 PM
Wow!! This is a short movie, Randall!! Very good. There is another PS member's poems you should read: Robert Henshaw, I think is his name. You guys had similar experiences-war. Another great write. Will read more...if only there was extra time!! LOL
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