A Moment Not To Be Lost In Time
Posted by KTC on 20 May, 2008
In 1999, I had the pleasure and honor of having a conversation with a man who introduced my attention to a group of heroes. In my silliness, I was going on about one of my favorite shows at the time, Total Recall 2070, and the surname of one character in particular distastefully stuck out at him to the point where he made comment.
Being educated in the savvy (BWHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!) public school system of Baltimore City, I hadn’t a clue what he was talking about when he mentioned My Lai. This was back in yonder days when Google was a relatively new giggle, so search was done via Yahoo and yielding very little in the way of results.
What I did find was still heart breaking enough that it burned itself in my memory for years until, one day out of the blue, I felt an inclination to search it out again. This time, there was Monster Google and more information that helped a great deal in my learning more. There were also a plethora of news articles about the incident by then, and a Frontline special transcript link on the newly updated PBS site. (More, More, and More)
I just went back and thanked the guy who intro’d me to this monumental piece of history. My main regret is not being able to shake hands with the men who did the right thing (Hugh Thompson, Jr., Lawrence Colburn, Glenn Andreotta, and also Ronald Ridenhour) when it was called for. All I can do is respectfully honor the memory of that day and hope that others learn to follow the example of the men who saved those peoples lives.
I’m not sure why this all came to the surface all of a sudden. I just felt an overwhelming urge to write it all out. If you’ve got a problem with my writing it out, then tough.
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