help decipher this-Vietnamese drop
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"I now know why men who have been to war yearn to reunite. Not to tell stories or look at old pictures. Not to
laugh or weep. Comrades gather because they long to be with the men who once acted at their best; men who
suffered and sacrificed, who were stripped of their humanity. I did not pick these men. They were delivered by
fate and the military. But I know them in a way I know no other men. I have never given anyone such trust. They
were willing to guard something more precious than my life. They would have carried my reputation, the memory
of me. It was part of the bargain we all made, the reason we were so willing to die for one another. As long as I have
memory, I will think of them all, every day. I am sure that when I leave this world, my last thought will be of my family
and my comrades.....Such good men." (author unknown) (from the American Legion Magazine)
laugh or weep. Comrades gather because they long to be with the men who once acted at their best; men who
suffered and sacrificed, who were stripped of their humanity. I did not pick these men. They were delivered by
fate and the military. But I know them in a way I know no other men. I have never given anyone such trust. They
were willing to guard something more precious than my life. They would have carried my reputation, the memory
of me. It was part of the bargain we all made, the reason we were so willing to die for one another. As long as I have
memory, I will think of them all, every day. I am sure that when I leave this world, my last thought will be of my family
and my comrades.....Such good men." (author unknown) (from the American Legion Magazine)
