WE WERE SOLDIERS

I WAS 13 YEARS OLD AND LIVED TO SEE MANY SWEET AND PATRIOTIC YOUNG MEN GO TO THIS WAR AND EVEN NOW AT 55 YEARS IT STILL BRINGS SO MUCH HEARTACHE AND PAIN NO ONE WAS THERE FOR THEM OUR NATION FAILED THOSE BOYS. MY OLDEST BROTHER WAS CALLED IN THE DRAFT BUT HE WAS 4F BECAUSE OF HIS EYESIGHT I WILL NEVER FORGET AND IT INSTILLED IN ME A VERY PROUD FEELING THAT THOSE BOYS WERE SACRIFICED AND NEVER RECEIVED THE HOMECOMING DUE THEM AS HEROES THAT WAS THE WORST THING I HAD IN MY HEART THE WAY THEY WERE TREATED AND I WAS A CHILD. I STILL CRY OVER THIS MOVIE AND CD. I AM GRATEFUL THAT MEL GIBSON HAD THE COURAGE TO TRY TO SHOW THE HORROR THEY ENDURED ONLY TO BE FORGOTTEN.