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ing not to forget

Editor:
B Sometimes I forget. It was, after all, a long
¢ ago. Sometimes the abundant hypocrisies
Wershadow the sacrifices.
Looking back, it is easy to see only the small
en — those who would spill blood in the
Ame of expansionism or containment. Code
words for — money.

And then, there stands the unknown sol-
mmicr, poppies in hand, medals upon chest, sac-
Bi fice ctched into 4 wizened fact. So that 1

ight remember.

Looking back, from Someplace Special, as

¢ children of plenty scurry about in German

@ars full of overted Labradors and dieting
yaeives, itis easy to forget. And yet, looking for-
Ward, down the barrel of a gun, as the enemy
dvances, I can only imagine that it is impossi-
a le not to remember: fallen friends, faded

youth, innocence lost forever.

“This one’s from Italy. Wounded nwice.
These are from northern Europe. Infantry divi-
sion — we were the first in line. Gor hit with
everything but the kitchen sink ... and some-
times it felt like that was coming, too!”

“Thank you,” he says, as I exchange a hand-
ful of change for a plastic poppy.

“No, sir,” is the best I can offer, “Thank
you.”

It is not the soldier who wages war. And
they would ask no greater tribute than to abol-
ish war in recognition of their sacrifices. For
those whe have not seen war know not of its
horrors.

Pam too young to remember. But I will try
not to forget.

Tan Clyne
West Vancouver

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