SUCH GOOD MEN
I now know why men
who have been to war yearn to reunite. Not to tell stories or look at old
pictures. Not to laugh or weep. Comrades gather because they long to
be with the men who acted at their best; men who suffered and sacrificed, who
were stripped of their humanity. I did not pick these men. They were
delivered by fate and the military. But, I know them in a way I know no
other men. I have never given anyone such trust. They were willing
to guard something more precious than my life. They would have carried my
reputation, the memory of me. It was part of the bargain we all made, the
reason we were so willing to die for one another. As long as I have my
memory, I will think of them all, every day. I am sure that when I leave
this world, my last thought will be of my family and my comrades...Such good
men.
~Michael Norman~