Thanks, Herman <br>My resistance to the draft took the form of a religious deferment as prior of the Cleveland religious house... <br>I have been to the Wall 3 times. The first time I was jolted by the vast expanse of names. I wept for an hour. Eunice and Robert tried to understand my response and I too tried . On my second visit I looked up my high school classmate, Jim Rizzo, who had died in action and touched his name. Tears again and a start toward acknowledging the deep tragedy of that misguided war. Looking at my own reflection in the Wall I imagined Jim and felt the tragic loss of my friend. The third visit was a hurried visit on a sunny day which brought a bit of perspective to the journey we all share thru that amazing, sacred space. Go soon , Herman, there is healing in that place...Mystery beyond what I could have imagined, and healing I never knew I needed until it swept through me. Grace happens. Life is Good.<br>In Peace, Sherwood <br>(I guess that covers my Earthrise witness for this year :-)<br><br><br><br><br><br>Sent from XFINITY Connect Mobile App<br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br><br>From: oe@lists.wedgeblade.net<br>To: oe@lists.wedgeblade.net<br>Cc: rhowie3@verizon.net<br>Sent: 2017-09-30 14:09:24 GMT<br>Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Have you been watching the Vietnam series on PBS?<br><br><html><font color="black" size="2" face="arial">Dick and I watched all the episodes. Let us hope and pray that history does not repeat itself!<br>
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal">Tonight was the final session. All that the US fought for was lost. But what we fought for was an abstraction at the leadership level and at the level of noncombatant citizens, right and left, as well. On the one hand we fought to defeat Communism and keep our promises to our allies, on the other we fought for a mistake. The lives of the people involved in the war on all sides, perpetrators and victims, were forgotten.</div>
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal">Never has the story of this war or perhaps any war been told like it was in this series. All sides were presented. Every side was right and every side was wrong and so much, so much, so much carnage, suffering and tragedy. The armaments, the bombing, the artillery, oh my. Bullets flying by the millions.</div>
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal">On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 12:25 PM, McGuire, Jann & Fred via OE <<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:</div>
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