WHEN I WAS 17 I WORRIED ABOUT:
learning enough to pass final exams
would I have enough gas for my car
friends going their own way after graduation
having a date on Friday night
losing my girlfriend
WHEN I WAS 18 I WORRIED ABOUT:
learning enough to survive a war, not pass an exam
having enough ammunition for my rifle, rather than gas for my car
my friends being killed, rather than going their own ways
being point man on a Friday night ambush, rather than a date
losing my life, rather than my girlfriend
Don Schaffer
Sergeant
United States Marine Corps
Republic of South Viet Nam
1966 -1968
©1990 Don Schaffer
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