A Veteran’s Story from Vietnam-”The Meeting at the Wall”
The Meeting at the Wall
Finding peace and forgiveness after 24 years
By John Plummer, Purcellville, Virginia
I was in my living room reading a book with the television on low. It was a warm, pleasant June evening in 1996, and I was glad to have some time to myself.
Then a photo flashed on the screen, an image that had haunted me for years. No matter how often I saw it, the pain came back to me. How could I be forgiven? How could I even speak of my part in it?
A little Vietnamese girl running toward the camera, arms outstretched, screaming hysterically from terrible napalm burns. This Pulitzer prize-winning photo had wrung the hearts of millions, but it was particularly wrenching for me: I was the one responsible for the girl’s agony.
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