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Interesting thread going here ppl...I just had a conversation with a buddy of mine on msn msgr about a similar topic.
[my friend]: It was a pretty cool experience. I ever tell ya about taking my daughter to the travelling vietnam memorial wall when it came through Bellevue.
[me]: no...
[my friend]: Some guy having a 'moment' with his buddy. My daughter (about 2 at the time) got loose from me and ran over to him and gave him a big ol' hug. I guess she thought he needed it. He looks around and motions at me like, "Is it OK to pick her up?" I nodded that it was....
[my friend]: So he picks her up and I got no idea what he said but she reached out and touched the wall where he pointed and this big ol' burly guy just cried and cried and cried and held her like she meant the world. When he finally put her down he says to me, "She just did what all the Psychs and Doctors haven't been able to do in 30 years. I just said goodbye to my buddy...."
War can do some cruel things to the minds of those in it.
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