As I type, I am sitting in judgment of myself. She would tell them to me and fellow Vietnam veterans back in 74 and 75. XXX We lived the lifestyle in which we grew up back in our neighborhood that being swingers. Carrie looked to me with sadness in her lovely blue eyes as she said, “If you gave up on hope then you have given up on us as well, John.” “Goodbye John, I am leaving and you will never see me again,” Carrie added as she started out of the hospital room. Most had kept their demons hidden from those around them. However, I returned a broken man; shrapnel littered my chest, my back and legs. There will be chapters with them telling of past events they shared or endured with me.




















