MY BEST FRIEND (Part 2 of 2)

May 13, 2002 - © William G. Wigginton, Jr.

additional 10,000 casualties during that war, yet the US Military just killed them all.

Man, I cried again for hours, and it made me think of all my past years with my best friends. From that, I wrote this. To me, that was the greatest injustice in that whole war. Those boys and girls were soldiers, fighters, and veterans just like we were. They didn't deserve the end that they got. They should have been rotated back to the world on a freedom bird too. I'm even crying as I write this. It still hurts, even after thirty years.

William G. Wigginton, Jr. (Bill) USAF/USN Retired/Disabled EM1(SW) 388th SPS K-9, Korat RTAFB Sarge, Blackie "The More I See Of People, The Better I Like My Dog!"


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