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We remember a far-away country we had to look up on a map
We remember the repple depple
We remember the pungent odor of nouc mam sauce and the acrid smell of burning diesel fuel
We remember the heat, the cold, the wet, the dry, the dust, the mud, the rain, the sun
We remember the rats, the snakes, the lizards, the leeches
We remember the colorful ao dais in the cities – and the black pajamas in the boonies
We remember courage – and we remember fear
We remember comradeship – and we remember loneliness
We remember waiting for mail call, the longed-for letters, the bruising disappointments
We remember C-rats – and LRRPs when we could get them
We remember P-38s, heat tabs, Tabasco sauce
We remember the very different sounds of outgoing and incoming – and the very different feelings that came with them
We remember our sudden alertness when we heard the radio crackle, “Hot LZ”
We remember heavy rucks that tore into our shoulders – and light rucks after six days out with no resupply
We remember the carefree joys of R & R – and the pain of having to go back
We remember hacking through thick bamboo, climbing steep mountains, wading across flooded rice paddies
We remember finding Mr. Charles – and Mr. Charles finding us
We remember Hanoi Jane and Hanoi Hannah – and some of us remember the Hanoi Hilton
We remember those who waited – wives, children, sweethearts, buddies, mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, sisters, brothers
We remember their quiet courage, their stalwart strength, their hopes, their fears, their joys, their sorrows – and we remember that they were every bit as heroic as the bravest of us were
We remember the quiet, tender embraces on the airport tarmac and the joyous reunions that followed
We remember too much blood and too much death
We remember our friends who didn’t come back
We remember their loved ones all dressed in black
We remember a wall on our capital’s mall
We remember the names
We remember the faces
We remember
© Harold R. Winton 2019
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