13 Jun 2002 DEAD SOLDIERS (AT THE WALL WITH KENNY LEONARD) So many dead soldiers taken young, spirits, contrails of their short lives loom on the wall around you. Your young face has not changed, layered sweat and dirt of Nam like at Tigerland, look familiar to me. I reach out to touch you, and am moved by the spirits that surround you, in this, their final formation, I feel the eddy of souls, cheated, unfulfilled, wanting their life that never was. I want to grasp your hand, and find out more about Vietnam, the hell that I was spared, and reminisce about Fort Polk and how we felt at 19, training to kill other human beings. I visit you every time I get to DC and think of you every time I hear the National Anthem, and most of all, pray God I can ever understand, Duty, Honor, Country. © Don Lopez Please visit my complete TRIBUTE TO KENNETH EDWARD LEONARD Visit the Imjin Scouts - Korean DMZ From an Army friend, Don Lopez lopedon@isu.edu

 

03 May 2005 Just thinking of you, Kenny, and hoping that you're resting in peace. From a friend, Betty Kane E-mail address is not available.

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