I was just sttin here the other day lookin at something I got from another
Marine. I had a though about lookin up my old DI's. I typed in thier names
in my search engine, and came up with only one, Sgt. Levesque. It was a
story about what happened to him in Viet Nam. I called John Brown who is the
commander of the VA, who also worked with me at the Sheriff's dept. yes,
he's from Youngstown. It seems Sgt. Levesque works with the blind veterans,
as he lost his eye sight in Viet Nam. John told me how to get in touch with
him, so I called. He answered, Don Levesque, how can I help you? Here's a
man I haven't seen or talked to in forty eight years, and I got the
feeling of needing to snap to, but I didn't . I said, Platton 289, F Co.
Parris
Island. He said, yeah, my platoon. I said Pvt. Boyle, Platoon Guide. He
said, son of a bitch, how the hell are ya. I said, the question is, how are
you, I read a story about you and losing your eye sight. He said, ya know
Boyle, I remember you, you had your head and ass wired together......After
exchanging pleasantries, we discussed disabilities, and I told him my story. He
said, remember one thing Boyle, it's ability, not disability, if I taught
you anything, remember that. We talked a couple more minutes then agreed to
stay in contact.
It got to me people, ability not disablilty. I had to hear that from an
old DI of mine, so, I'm just passin it on. Semper Fi.
