Never met, but
Posted for: DENIS LEON ANDERSON:
In the spring of 1969 I purchased a MIA/POW bracelet with your name inscribed on it. Through the years it has become a very close part of life. While I served in the Navy from '72-'78 it was always with me. I would often think about your family that you left behind, were you married, any children and what they must be going through. Often I would check all the records I could find to see if you had been returned or still missing. To learn that you had been returned and laid to rest in Arlington gave some sense of closure and satisfaction knowing that your family had the closure that they had been longing for. Still on Veterans Day, Memorial Day and Christmas the braclet would come off my shelf and back on my wrist. My daughter would always ask me why and what it meant. I would always say it is my way of saying thanks to someone that I had never met, but gave so much for all of us. I hope that now you are truly at rest and in the arms of the supreme commander, and knowing that someday we will meet.
Posted by: Terry Pruden
Email: tpruden2@netzero.com
Relationship: I wore his/her MIA bracelet
Monday, May 29, 2006
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