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From notes@igc.org Tue Nov 12 09:24:31 1996 Received: from igc7.igc.org (192.82.108.35) by MediaFilter.org with SMTP (Apple Internet Mail Server 1.0); Tue, 12 Nov 1996 09:24:32 -0500 Received: from cdp.igc.apc.org (cdp.igc.apc.org [192.82.108.1]) by igc7.igc.org (8.7.6/8.7.3) id EAA27030; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 04:08:56 -0800 (PST) Date: 12 Nov 1996 03:35:10 Reply-To: Conference "zamir.chat"From: divreup@email.hq.1id.army.mil Subject: Re: http://mediafilter.org/SJ/Pages/Solidarity with bosnian people To: Recipients of zamir-chat-l Message-ID: <1364341707-700383@mediafilter.org> In-Reply-To: <1397747296-45463@mediafilter.org> X-Gateway: conf2mail@igc.apc.org Errors-To: owner-zamir-chat-l@igc.apc.org Precedence: bulk Lines: 49 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, I AM A US ARMY SOLDIER CURRENTLY DEPLOYED AT TUZLA MAIN, I AM A MASTER SERGEANT, I WILL RETIRE FROM THE US ARMY DURING 1997, AFTER 24 YRS OF ACTIVE DUTY. THIS IS MY FIRST REAL DEPLOYMENT. WHEN I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS GOING TO BOSNIA, I HATED THE IDEA AND DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHY ME.... I AM SO CLOSE TO RETIREMENT, I REALLY DID NOT CARE ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN BOSNIA. BUT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE (16 OCT 96) I NOW UNDERSTAND WHY I AM HERE AND I AM GLAD THAT I AM HERE HELPING TO RE-STORE PEACE AND FREEDOM TO ALL PEOPLE OF BOSNIA. YES I WILL STILL RETIRE NEXT YEAR BUT, IN MY HEART AND IN MY SOUL, I CAN SAY THAT I HELPED IN THE FREEDOM AND PEACE OF ALL IN BOSNIA. IT'S A GREAT FEELING TO BE HERE HELPING, I DO MISS MY FAMILY, I DON'T LIKE THE MUD, WE WORK LONG HOURS 7 DAYS A WEEK. SEEING PICTURES ON THE TV NEWS EACH NIGHT WHILE IN GERMANY WAS ONE THING, BUT SEEING IT FIRST HAND WAS ANOTHER. IT'S A CRYING SHAME, I DO HOPE THE PEOPLE IN BOSNIA WILL BE ABLE TO GET ALONG AND LIVE IN PEACE AND HAVE FREEDOM. BUT WE CAN ONLY STOP THE FIGHTING, ITS REALLY UP TO ALL PEOPLE IN BOSNIA IF THEY WANT PEACE TO LAST AND ALL MUST WORK TOWARD THAT GOAL. I KNOW IT IS HARD TO FORGIVE AND TO FORGET. BUT THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN AND THE FUTURE OF YOUR COUNTRY. IF I HAD ONE WISH AND THAT WISH WOULD COME TRUE, I'D WISH FOR PEACE HERE IN BOSNIA AND THAT YOUR PEOPLE CAN GET ALONG WITH EACH OTHER. I THANK YOU FOR THIS WEB SITE AND I AM JUST A US ARMY SOLDIER HERE TRYING TO HELP OUT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MSG ERIC J. ENGER