"SGT. STEVE FLAHERTY"..("LETTERS HOME")
"Hi Ma...If Dad Were To Call...Tell Him I Got to Close To Being Dead...But Im Ok...I Was Real Lucky Ma...Ill Write Again Soon"....................................................................................."Its Terrifying Here Betty...I Felt Bullets Going Past Me...I Have Never Been So Scared In My Life"
"We Took In Lots Of Casualties And Death
"We Dragged More Bodies Of Dead And Wounded... Than I Can Ever Want To Forget"
"Thank You For Your Sweet Card...It Made My Miserable Day A Much Better One"
"But I Dont Think I Will Ever Forget The Bloody Fight We Are Having"
"RPG Rockets And Machine Guns Really Tore My Ruck Sack!!"
"This Is A Dirty And Cruel War...But Im Sure People Will Understand The Purpose Of This War"
"Even Though Many Of Us Might Not Agree"
"I Defenitely Will Take R+R ...I Dont Care Where!...So Long As I Get A Rest...Which I Need So Badly Soon"
"Ill Let You Know The Exact Date"
"Our Platoon Started Out With 35 Men...And Ended Up With 19 Men...When It Was Over"
"We Lost Our Platoon Leader And A Whole Squad"
"These Are Excerpts From Letters..(That Were Never Sent)... They Were Taken From 22 Year Old Sgt. Steve Flahertys Body..(By The Viet Cong...When They Killed Him In Vietnam In 1969)....His Remains Have Never Been Recovered
Only This Year...Have The Vietnamese Returned These Letters.... In Exchange For A Dead Vietnamese's Diary
In This Case...Steve Flahertys Mother Is Deceased..(She Never Knew What Happened To Her Sons Remains)
But...The Letters Were Given To Steve Flahertys Sister In Law.....Whos Says
"We Will Store These Letters... Along With His Medals"
(I Never Knew Steve Flaherty Back Then)
But
Heres Hoping... Someday... His Remains Will Be Found...Along With The 1300 Others...Still Missing
And Then...Be Brought Home
From Me..To You Steve Flaherty............"God Bless You Buddy"
Comments (6)
I find this very disturbing. I hate war!
With All Due Respect
And I Understand What Youre Saying
But
Its Not About War
Its About Someone Who Has Been Forgotten
And Is Now Being Remembered
He Gave His Life
He Should..... At The Least..... Be Remembered
He Has That Coming.................................................................
I understand that, but as I see it, war was the reason for him being forgotten. His mom's death without closure is just sad. Very sad...
But Just Think Of The 1300 Or So Families.... That Were .....And Still Are
In The Dark.... As To What Happened To Their
Son.... Or Their Brother..........Or Their Uncle
Or Their Husband..............................Or Their Daddy.................................................................
That is why I find it disturbing...
Imagine It Miss Diova
This Man......Sgt Steve Flaherty....Was Killed In Action In Vietnam... In 1969
And Some 48 Years Later Or So.............His Letters...........That Were Never Sent
Are Now.... Finally .....Finding Their Way Back..... To Whats Left Of His Family
Thats Truly Amazing!.......................................................