Remembering Joey, killed in Vietnam

Remembering Joey
Published: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 11:59 AM CDT
Jim Perry
StaffWriter

In life there are some things you have to do and Saturday became the time to mark off one of those items from my list.

My bride and I loaded my wheelchair into the car and headed east on Highway 287. The short drive would take us to Ennis, but it would also transport me back in time some 42 years.

Arriving at the traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall sent me even farther back in time.

I remember the 1960s as a time of conflict and confusion. Controversy raged throughout the land as to whether or not our young men should be giving their lives in the jungles of a place called Vietnam. Our country was polarized. You were either totally against sending our troops to foreign soils or you were totally supportive of stopping communism at whatever the cost. If you were a young man of draft age you gave the situation a lot of thought and a lot of prayer.
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Remembering Joey