Robert, I appreciate your remarks. May I say with all candor and truth, you never ever forget those whose lives YOU have changed. YOU never ever get past those you killed in combat. In 1965, I was the officer in charge of Battery 3rd Battalion of the 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam. I was the guy who received the call from the line officer giving me the coordinates where he wanted the fire to hit. I in turn gave that to the gunnery officer and yelled....FIRE! In Northwest South Vietnam at Pleiku. during Operation Blue Light, I have no earthly idea how many of the enemy we killed. In day one, we fired 5000 rounds and that was only the beginning. IN the moment, you really do not think about those you are killing. What you are thinking about is that those people over ther, 10 miles away are killing your friends and men. It is later when the facts sink in that the PTSD sets in. I confess that I struggled with that for some time. Still do, like now when I am posting this comment. It never goes away! The only TWO things I have encountered that helped is the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ for forgives us of ALL sin! The second thing is the letters and calls from men who we saved by placing artillery shells exactly where they wanted them !!