WHY VETS HAVE REUNIONS - The Firearms Forum

AL MOUNT · 03-17-2008, 08:08 AM

"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--

SARG · 03-17-2008, 03:28 PM

Good one.

Crpdeth · 03-17-2008, 06:00 PM

Thanks AL...

Crpdeth

berto64 · 03-17-2008, 07:58 PM

Thanks a lot, Al.

lkbrite · 07-04-2008, 12:55 PM

to remember the buddies that where left behind. and hope the people back home remember.i am a viet nam veteran and had 4 of my friends killed in action why i made it thru i still dont know.i have been back for over 30 years and have had only one person say thanks.pleas say thanks when you meet one.tell them you apriciate them.

03-17-2008, 08:08 AM	#1
AL MOUNT Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Cleaning my Thompson in The Foothills of the Ozark Mountains Posts: 3,130	WHY VETS HAVE REUNIONS "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-- __________________ 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment 101st Airborne Division Vietnam 67-68 -->

03-17-2008, 03:28 PM	#2
SARG V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Northeast Posts: 307	Re: WHY VETS HAVE REUNIONS Good one.

03-17-2008, 06:00 PM	#3
Crpdeth Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Location: Location Contributor Posts: 8,247	Re: WHY VETS HAVE REUNIONS Thanks AL... Crpdeth __________________ Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there. ~Eric Hoffer

03-17-2008, 07:58 PM	#4
berto64 VMBB Admin Staff Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Owyhee County, Idaho Contributor Posts: 7,394	Re: WHY VETS HAVE REUNIONS Thanks a lot, Al. __________________ Be who you are & say what you will, Those that matter won't mind and those that mind don't matter. I'm a bitter clinger, One Nation Under God.

07-04-2008, 12:55 PM	#5
lkbrite Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1	Re: WHY VETS HAVE REUNIONS to remember the buddies that where left behind. and hope the people back home remember.i am a viet nam veteran and had 4 of my friends killed in action why i made it thru i still dont know.i have been back for over 30 years and have had only one person say thanks.pleas say thanks when you meet one.tell them you apriciate them.