[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.
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I can't warm up to this one... it seems like this belittles their effort and life since there isn't a choice but war.. .turns their effort into a trivia quiz