http://www.calledtoservevietnam.com/blog/2008/11/12/on-veterans-day-dont-forget-about-the-war/ Called to Serve: Stories of the Men and Women Confronted by the Vietnam War Draft Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.calledtoservevietnam.com/blog/2008/11/12/on-veterans-day-dont-forget-about-the-war/#comment-132 Sarah Buttenwieser Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:31:06 +0000 http://www.vietnamwardraftstories.com/blog/?p=126#comment-132 It's so hard to keep something so painful front & center & that's really what we must call upon ourselves to do. Not "our" war as in a wanted one. But "our" war in that those who served, indeed gave more than we'd ever wish upon a fellow soul. We owe it to our veterans & to the citizens of places far away, who also did not see this as "their" war... (because it absolutely wasn't). It’s so hard to keep something so painful front & center & that’s really what we must call upon ourselves to do. Not “our” war as in a wanted one. But “our” war in that those who served, indeed gave more than we’d ever wish upon a fellow soul. We owe it to our veterans & to the citizens of places far away, who also did not see this as “their” war… (because it absolutely wasn’t).

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