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<blockquote data-quote="Abbey" data-source="post: 141176" data-attributes="member: 179"><p>I don't know what the happiest moment was, but I do know the most impressionable. Only us 'oldies' will remember this.</p><p></p><p>During the Vietnam war, they sold POW/MIA bracelets. I had a MIA one for 3 years. I must have been about 12 or so. It had the soldier's name on it and date missing. </p><p></p><p>I'll never forget the day they brought the soldiers home and we sat glued to the TV watching the hundreds of names scroll by as they came off the planes. Some waving, some very injured. Media was thin back then so you didn't have the day-to-day viewing of a war. There was no internet to research people, etc.</p><p></p><p>I waited...and waited, and nearly two hours into the viewing my soldier came off. My mom actually made a special dinner that night in honor of his service. (My dad is career Air Force so it kind of runs in the family.)</p><p></p><p>This gave me a life-long perspective on war. I can't imagine what his family was going through, never knowing for so long.</p><p></p><p>Not to get into a political disucussion, but it makes me think of our current war. Young men and women...heartsick families, and possibly a war that is futile. I guess time will tell.</p><p></p><p>ps...happiest moment? I'd have to go with the birth of my kids.</p><p></p><p>Abbey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Abbey, post: 141176, member: 179"] I don't know what the happiest moment was, but I do know the most impressionable. Only us 'oldies' will remember this. During the Vietnam war, they sold POW/MIA bracelets. I had a MIA one for 3 years. I must have been about 12 or so. It had the soldier's name on it and date missing. I'll never forget the day they brought the soldiers home and we sat glued to the TV watching the hundreds of names scroll by as they came off the planes. Some waving, some very injured. Media was thin back then so you didn't have the day-to-day viewing of a war. There was no internet to research people, etc. I waited...and waited, and nearly two hours into the viewing my soldier came off. My mom actually made a special dinner that night in honor of his service. (My dad is career Air Force so it kind of runs in the family.) This gave me a life-long perspective on war. I can't imagine what his family was going through, never knowing for so long. Not to get into a political disucussion, but it makes me think of our current war. Young men and women...heartsick families, and possibly a war that is futile. I guess time will tell. ps...happiest moment? I'd have to go with the birth of my kids. Abbey [/QUOTE]
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