What do fear and grief have in common?

I learned that fear and grief have much in common. Both are like rivers in spring. You cannot slow them down, nor can you damn them up. Yet, it was necessary to channel these intense emotions on the battlefields of Vietnam.

There was no time to think out of the box. We were planning an attack, or the enemy was upon us without notice. We stayed alive in firefights of epic proportions using every ounce of our skills, endurance, intelligence, and thought processes. And yet, we had to deal with low ammo supplies or the urgency of reinforcements.

Fast-acting commanders with combat experience saved thousands, and yet more than 58,000 of us died, and 150,000 returned wounded. I can say it a thousand times, and the numbers still blow me away. I will never get my head around them or forgive those responsible for continuing a war based on a false premise. -Jerry Glazer — Vietnam Uncensored.

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