MyDreamWalk

Sunday, March 25th, 2012

Sad but True

Enterprise, Alabama is a thriving community. The highway once again serves as the main thoroughfare. But this place is different. It is also the location of Fort Rucker the home of U.S. Army aviation. The neatly dressed soldiers wearing pressed camouflage fatigues show up in the stores, gas stations and chain restaurants. Some wave to me as I wobble along in the early morning. It is then that I get the urge and know that I must revisit my Vietnam helicopter travel days with a tour of the museum.
It is ire seeing that old flying ship at the building entrance and other choppers hanging from the ceiling in the main exhibit hall. Undaunted I wander in the Vietnam room. There the walls are lined with names of the brave pilots who lost their live in Vietnam. “This is as accurate as possible”, a sign reads. It reminds me that some pilot’s bodies still have not been recovered. Yes, sad but true.

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