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Veterans

LiberalLoner

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3. That's the true spirit of a soldier. Soldiers are generally the most selfless people I've known.

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 11, 2013, 02:16 PM

Apr 2013

I posted as much as anything to say, there are so many of us who were witness to your pain. We didn't know what to do to make anything better but we cared very much. Although there were people who spat on you and called you names, there were those of us - family members, friends, lovers - who cared more deeply than you will perhaps ever know.

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Dedicated to all who served in Vietnam. [View all] LiberalLoner Apr 2013 OP

And one more song. This one never fails to leave me in tears. LiberalLoner Apr 2013 #1

Those of us who seved in VN are reluctant to self-congratulate pinboy3niner Apr 2013 #2

That's the true spirit of a soldier. Soldiers are generally the most selfless people I've known. LiberalLoner Apr 2013 #3