2003-03-28 - 10:20 p.m.
Volcanocam
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone when the letter said
A soldier's coming home.
"Travelin' Soldier" Dixie Chicks
William Skinner, Civil War (Union Army)- Died 12/15/1864 War related injury was cause of death. My Great, Great Grandfather
Samual Stefanic', Russian/Yugoslav war WWI (Yugoslavian Army)- Died 1969, Cancer. My Grandfather. Samual was in a Russian concentration camp for 2 years. When he got out he defected to America. He would never speak of what happened to him in the camp.
Ward L. Blodgett-WWI (US Navy)- Died mid 60's, Emphazema.My Grandfather. I don't know how the War effected him it was never talked about, nor was his drinking.
Danial F. Pook, WWII (US Army) Died 1991-Alcoholism, My Step-Father. Dan came home with TB and sever mental problems from the war. He would rarely talk about what happened, though once he mentioned opening a concentration camp, but could never finish the story. He drank it away.
Jack Munsell, WWII Manilla, (US Army) Death 1963 self inflicted. My Uncle Jack. My Uncle Jack was a pasivist. He could not live with the things he was ordered to do, nor with what he saw during WWII. He took his life when he could no longer take his mental anguish.
SFC Richard A. Larsen, Kora/Vietnam (US Army), Died May 2002, cause is still unknown. My Uncle Dick. My Uncle Dick was totally messed up due to his time in service. He was the kind of soldier that there are only 2 people that can open his file, one would pass the buck to the other . . .The President of the United States, and he's a little busy right now. There is a lot of secrecy around his death, and cover up that we are still trying to get through. But basiclly he drank a lot, suffered from sever depression, was abusive, and eventully dissapeared for a long time. I only knew him as a wonderful sweet man with tons of scars all over his chest and back. His Daughter wanted to open his file so she would know what happen to her Father, I told her she didn't want to go their, and she has not thanks to the Pentagon. Trust me, she doesn't want to know.
So it ended here. My father is the only son, my brothers were not the right age, my nephew is the only son. I support the Men and Women who are fighting now, but I also know that sometimes coming Home isn't all it's cracked up to be. They will need us just as much as we need them. No, I'm not happy about that, It's a long life line, or is that death line, in my family. Annie
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