Leaving for the World - 1971

On Thanksgiving day, 1971, I was rushing to outprocess and leave Vietnam that night. Due to a hunting accident my 12 year old brother was in, my DROS date was moved up a week. The night before leaving I was on duty. I remember an ambulance driver crying as he hugged me and said goodbye Since this happened so quickly I didn't have the opportunity to say the things I would have like to have said or to say any goodbyes. How I regret that. Never a day passes where I don't think of those I was stationed at the 24th Evac, especially on Thanksgiving day. Although our paths crossed for a very short time, memories of them are burned in my mind forever and as time passes I miss them even more. It is so overwhelming and I feel so lost and confused. I cannot put into words how much I miss them. They were my friends, my family, etc. I just wanted to say how much I miss them. So as this Thanksgivng day ends, I'll keep you even closer in my thoughts and prayers.