Understand.

[**The following is one of many anonymous notes and letters found at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.**] >*Understand* >*That if the time comes* >*When you must kill* >*It will destroy you* >*For all of this life.* >*This is the horrible legacy* >*of glorifying war* >*Which no one escapes* >*Who is the deadliest* >*Adversary;* >*The soldier* >*The truth* >*or the monument?* _________________________ **Source:** Palmer, Laura. *Shrapnel in the Heart: Letters and Remembrances from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial*. Vintage Books, 1988. 187. Print. ___________________________ **If you enjoy this type of content, please consider donating to my [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/HistoryLockeBox)!**