[The following is one of many anonymous notes and letters found at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.]
Before he left, he taught me how to drive his car. Then he left it to me to take care of it “’til he got back.”
”Dad survived Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal and all that. I’m a Marine. I’ll be back. Take care of my car.”
I’ve still got the car. I would rather have my brother back.
Source:
Palmer, Laura. Shrapnel in the Heart: Letters and Remembrances from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Vintage Books, 1988. 19. Print.
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What a waste of lives.