You just don't get it, do you?
You don't understand why most of my heart goes to men you don't even know.  Why the only time I cry, is with someone who was In Country with me.  Someone who saw  what I saw.  Someone  who heard what my ears heard.  Someone who smelled what I did.  Someone who FELT the same fear I did.  You cannot know.  I don't expect you to know.  I would hope you don't ever have to know. 
I only ask that you respect the fact, that this is my hell, and I must  be there. And when I am in this hell, I ask for the greatest gift.    That you understand and respect the price paid.  So that neither you, nor my sons, nor my daughters, would ever have to pay such a price.  I ask for you to understand that men who meant more to me than my own blood  died, crying, and  begging for help, and I was helpless.

And while I am in this Hell, my only comfort can be, that My Brothers will always know
I Did My best

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