“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.”
― Mark Twain
A beautiful face,
A generous heart,
And possessing a warrior spirit;
It's so difficult to understand
How one such as this
Could leave this earth
With his brethren in arms
In such a brutal way.
Why he?
Why them?
When I consider how many
Have remained home,
Some with equally honorable,
If different,
Convictions,
But some with nothing more
Than abject cowardice,
It doesn't seem right;
Yet so has it always been
With every war
And men.
c. 2019
Inspired by Navy Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Chris Campbell, whose final wish was for 100,000 people to contribute to Wounded Warrior Project. God bless him and those he served with.
And it saddens me greatly that mankind has evolved so little when it comes to war. I often weep when I witness what is happening in this world. Love, peace, and blessings to you, Rebecca.
What you wrote gave me a lot to think about. Much of what happens is serendipity. When we are thrust into situations that require courage, whether in war or in avoiding war, how we deal with it determines whether we are a hero or a coward.
It was 1965, because of my draft designation changed from S1 to 1Y because of my paralysis, I couldn't even enlist and become the jet pilot. My highest interest according to the Strong Interest Blank, a lifelong measure of psychological interest. At least two of my college classmates were commissioned and flew. One, from my hometown, was a Marine pilot who went MIA over North Vietnam, Lieut. Paul Derby.
I had a girlfriend and we were at a church retreat. She made this statement that stays with me. "All of my boyfriends are conscientious objectors." I found it difficult to put myself in that category. She left me within 6 months for an artist and instructor… A conscientious objector?
Mushroom Cloud, a fact-based historical novel, is the first book of The First Strike Trilogy: USA and the Soviet Union are building nuclear arms for a face off in a potential nuclear war in the late 1950's and early 1960's.
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It was 1965, because of my draft designation changed from S1 to 1Y because of my paralysis, I couldn't even enlist and become the jet pilot. My highest interest according to the Strong Interest Blank, a lifelong measure of psychological interest. At least two of my college classmates were commissioned and flew. One, from my hometown, was a Marine pilot who went MIA over North Vietnam, Lieut. Paul Derby.
I had a girlfriend and we were at a church retreat. She made this statement that stays with me. "All of my boyfriends are conscientious objectors." I found it difficult to put myself in that category. She left me within 6 months for an artist and instructor… A conscientious objector?
Ron