Page 118 - Senior Link Magazine Fall 2018- Online Magazine

I REMEMBER

I saw them… the “warriors”… the
soldiers…the boys.

Muddy boots… graffiti on their helmets…
smiles on their faces… age in her eyes
They were kids… so was I

Kids who woke to mortars. kids who
sloshed through rice paddies
and watched the tree line and listened…
and died.

There are no glorious wars,
there are no limited wars for the soldiers –
for theirs is the ultimate sacrifice.
Their life, that you and I might live in
peace.

I saw them…
I still see them…
Combat Boots
I remember.

Lieut. Philip C Price
United States Infantry These are the actual boots Phil Price wore
stateside while he served as an Infantry
Republic of Vietnam officer. They remain as they were removed
his last day of service. His wife, Victoria,
recalls that the boots represent a different
(yet the same) man she married. It is not
his nature to fight but is his nature to do
the honorable thing.

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