Bro Pickett-

I got this from an email contact on another AHC site-t the 135th AHC EMUs/Taipans. Their reunion is next month in the Land Down Under.
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The Boys Who Fought in Nam

Leanne Bradburn

(c)2000
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The Boys Who Fought in Nam
Passed hand to hand,
the wishes,
the dreams,
the hopes of an entire generation,
an entire nation sent to war,
a score of old men leading all our boys to die,
while we watched in horror,
in pain,
in grief,
the disbelief that we had to lose so many of our boys,
their toys barely left behind,
their eyes,
so young,
so bright,
so full of hope,
the fight so long,
so sad,
the pain so bad,
the wounds so deep,
until at last our young men sleep in their makers arms again,
their names carved in stone,
never to come home,
never to touch our tears again ...
lest we forget,
lest we grow old,
our hearts must never be so cold,
we must not run and hide,
we must remember them,
the boys who died ...
let it not be in vain,
let us not forget,
the pain,
the cries,
the agonies,
the braveries,
the heroes,
and the smiles,
the time that was so long ago,
across so many miles
in a land so bright
so green
caught in a place
just in between
hope and lies,
we must remember still,
must promise that we always will
touch their hearts while still we can,
remember, friends ...
remember ...
the boys who died,
who lived,
who cried,
The boys who fought in NAM

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Brian, thanks for telling me about Warren. Like I said, I got the story the same day, July 11th, but with a little yaw in it.

The story arriving that night at avionics was that a three-man Gator slick was Holloway-bound from a hash and trash mission, and that in attempted commo with the back seater, the AC or PP got nothing, looked back and saw the Crewchief on his back, bloody from the waist down, and they beat feet for 71st, but the guy bled out. I heard that it was Warren, and that three AK rounds came up, one thru the gun mount and into his groin, and two in the abdomen. Obviously incorrect, and thankfully so- that would have been a more agonizing way to go.

Hopefully, Warren didn't suffer long, from your description of the event.

My most sincere sympathies to you and all our Brothers and Sisters, old and new, for their losses, and my prayers for healing.

Lump