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[freshmanflynn]

The funeral for a young man who when hit by an IED that blew his kevlar off his head laid down lead in return fire on the enemy. Even though he was concussed he still was trying to protect the rest of his friends from the terrorist attacking us. He is dead. Took some psychedelics and jumped out of a window less than two months from the platoon

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[dbplatypus]

I am so glad you made it home safely. It's got to be so hard hearing these stories and seeing the things you've seen .... Maybe you have been comparatively lucky but I hope you remember to take care of yourself while remembering these others. Your family needs you healthy and happy. Happy to hear from you dude!!

[freshmanflynn]

Sorry Jack, just ranting. Ignore it. See you at the reunion.

[freshmanflynn]

You were missed. See you in 10.

[freshmanflynn]

These aren't stories Jack, these are the guys I led. This shit is real. These assholes in uniforms getting up on TV on the 4th of July making speeches about appreciating the troops piss me off. Both these kids I wrote about are 21 years old and one is gone and the others head is full of demons. This shit has got to end... what are we doing?

[dbplatypus]

:-( yes I am sorry I didn't get to see you at the reunion. You are one of the ones I'd have loved to see. I didn't even know you were going to be there. It was just too much for me to deal with all those other people ....

Sorry I missed the response to my comments until I just looked back now.

People who aren't there are so out of touch. Myself included, it's just been such a long horrible slog with no end in sight. I admit I have stopped paying much attention because I just hate it all so much. The consequences of these wars on our people are too horrible to consider. But meanwhile everyone over there is chugging away, getting hurt and killed and traumatized. I wish we could just get out, I really do.