I haven't blown through too many books lately, as you can see. I started taking a Universal Class on the Vietnam War. When I was in junior high and high school, it seemed as though we started US history every year with the colonies and never got any further than WW2. I didn't take any US history classes in college because I AP'd out of US History 1 and 2 and so I took other history courses instead. Now I wish I could go back and redo! But, through Universal Class, I now have a chance to study something that has always been on my mind. Back in the late 80s I was working in a library shelving books. I opened a book to make sure the old-fashioned card had been slipped and the book was ready to go back on the shelf. Out from the book slipped a POW/MIA sticker, created by the National League of Families. I had never seen one before and this was, of course, pre-internet days. The only thing I could do was write a letter to the address on the sticker. I explained how I had found the sticker and inquired about it. I received a letter explaining about the sticker and the fact that there were still MIA and POW soldiers in Vietnam. I couldn't believe it. I was 15 or 16 at the time and ever since then I have prayed for those men to come home. For some peace to come to their families and loved ones.
So for right now I'm learning things I should have learned long ago. I'll be back soon though. God Bless our service men and women.
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