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Date Posted: 14:53:01 11/30/00 Thu
Author: Jack P. Rackley
Subject: Re: Please Help Me..........
In reply to: Deena Debraux 's message, "Re: Please Help Me.........." on 04:58:18 04/14/00 Fri

> > Dear Miss Deena DEbraux, I was over come with grief and something weird I haven't felt in years and years. I am disabled and couldn't serve our country, but my younger brother, Jimmy, did. He was also a marine, 7th Marines to be exact, a recon man. He made it back home the night before my wife and I were married. June 18th, '66. Jimmy contracted cancer (agent orange). he was physically and emotinally scared from all of this , not to mention 13 months of action in Vietnam. He was stationed on the beach at Chu Lai. He used to write letters to me, trying to cheer me up, of all things! He died in Audy Murphy hospital from something not even related only 7 years ago. Oh how I miss him. He was only 3 years younger than me. WE were very very close, we used to camp,hunt, fish, and yeah, party. Jimmy was in Operation Starlight, thats how I happened upon your letter. My heart goes out to you, this is the only reason I am writing. I really have nothing to offer except my appreciation and respect for your compassion. You are quite a young lady. Thanks for caring for our "boys", even though now those still alive are old men, as I am. Oh yeah, on my brother's tombstone, I had "Hero" engraved. His widow didnt like it,but he was, to me and mom and dad and my sis. God bless you. Jack Rackley Boerne,TExas My name is Deena Debraux. I wasn't a veteran of the
> > Vietnam War, neither did I lose a parent to it. My
> > family lost my uncle, David E. Cherry, Jr. on May 12,
> > 1969. I wasn't born at the time. That wasn't until
> > nine years later. What drew my interest to this
> > subject, was hearing the stories of my uncle as I
> grew
> > up. Hearing the different feelings toward the war.
> > The fact that my uncle honorably gave his life at
> the
> > very age that I am now (20 years old) has made me
> > proud to have him as part of our family lineage. I
> > sit sometimes and wonder how could we as a country
> > allow so many boys to go and fight a war that so many
> > considered then and still a lost cause.
> >
> > I talk to my mom all the time about the way she and
> my
> > grandparents and other family members felt when the
> > war was happening. I really don't get all the
> answers
> > that I am looking for; but just seeing the hurt on
> her
> > face, even now in 1999 tells all.
> >
> > Not long ago my mom got in contact with a Vietnam
> > veteran that served with my uncle. He sent her
> > pictures of my uncle when he was alive and well.
> When
> > my mom opened the envelope it was almost as if my
> > uncle had come home. To this day, I don't even know
> > if she was aware of the tears that had welted up in
> > her eyes.
> >
> > Sometimes I wonder what I would say to my uncle if I
> > could speak to him. Maybe I would say that I was
> > proud of him and every other man, boy and woman that
> > had first hand dealings in the Vietnam War. I wonder
> > if he can hear me? I wonder if the rest of the guys
> > can hear me as well?
> >
> > Now, I want to say something that all of you deserved
> > but few ever heard. I wanna say thank you all so
> very
> > much.
> >
> >
> > Thanks Alot,
> >
> >
> > Deena
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> *******************************************************
> >
> *******************************************************
> > **********
> >
> >
> >
> > This was written in 1999 to a lady that had lost her
> > fiancee' in the war. However, I never heard back
> from
> > her. I decided to put it on this message board to
> let
> > all the vets that did come home, know that even in
> > this generation, there are still some people that
> give
> > their utmost respect and support to you. If there is
> > anyone out there that knew my uncle please contact me
> > at deenadebraux@hotmail.com. I would very much like
> > to get to know all about him that is possible. Here
> > is some information that might help you recognized
> him.
> >
> > Name: David E. Cherry, Jr.
> >
> > Branch: USMC
> >
> > Grade: E3
> >
> > MOS: 0311
> >
> > Tour of Duty Began: Monday, July 29, 1968
> >
> > Casualty Date: Monday, May 12, 1969
> >
> > Casualty Place: Quang Nam, South Vietnam

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