WPCNR REFLECTIONS. May 28, 2007: A daughter of a World War II veteran sent us this insight as to why we should remember our veterans today, and how at least the veteran in her family feels about his war experiences. Her sharing her feelings about her father's experiences show what many veterans have felt, that the experience of combat never leaves you and is always there. Her thoughts:
I didn't notice your site plugging the WP Mem Day Parade yet. My dad
hates parades and on the actual Memorial Day I always just hang around
with him. He had a bad time on the beaches and I think just
tries to forget about it all.
He didn't have a gun and never had to
kill anyone and never had people shooting at him directly, but he was
always scared for the entire duration of the war, and I think it made
him very serious and sad about it and he really hates parades. (He was
a map-maker for pilots and historian for his troop carrier group)
He always came right after the killing. Troops ahead of his would
advance on an area to make airstrips and then my father and the pilots
and mechanics would come.
Al Bruhn the host of a talk show in Danbury Connecticut reflects on this Memorial Day:
Iraqi war fatalities continue to rise
as does gas prices at the pump.
So, who's really minding the store?
Or is there no store to mind anymore?
Names come and go and the action
continues with a thickening plot
of characters determined to see it
their way like my way no way hit
the highway.
Well, Americans have hit the highway
big time and one wonders why and where
and for what cause and or reason.
Or is there a reason anymore to question
what's really going on in America?
Past wars are patronized with celebrations
of parades and picnics and family get together.
But, in what name?
Is there any truth anymore to what's really
going on in America?
In time of war, there is no peace.
And without peace, there is no happiness.
So, why then are people celebrating
Memorial Day Weekend 2007?
To claim victory to a cause without
a reason or is it a reason without cause?
Al Bruhn on the
USA TV Talk News network
