Gunny, Good stuff as usual! What an amazing story. I am always glad to hear stuff like this, especially from a man like you. I remember the kick in the pants I got from you a couple months ago and how much it truely helped me. Now my wife and I are happy again and it only took a journey half way round the world and back to prove I can still be Jeron, just a Jeron with TM this time. Thanks again my dear friend! Jeron
From: [email protected] Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:50:44 -0400 To: [email protected] Subject: [TMIC] short story 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. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969
