Ok Gunny, now I have goose bumps from reading your story. Thank you for your service to our country. Your DI gave you a great piece of advice. We should dwell on our abilities an use them for the good of others. Thanks for sharing.
Patti - Michigan ---- [email protected] wrote: > 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.
