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To: Volsi Mimir who wrote (5626)	3/27/2000 10:47:00 PM
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I was no warrior I didn't shoot, search, destroy. But I was witness to the abominations, Becoming atheist in the midst of war." ~Pauline Hebert Pauline Hebert was a Captain in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps at the 12th Evacuation hospital in Cu Chi Vietnam from January thru December 1968. She earned a Master of Science in Nursing and a PH.D. in Education from the University of Connecticut, before retiring from the Veterans Affairs Nursing Service in 1990. The following poems are from a work in progress called "Golden Empire". This term was the radio call designation used by the 25th Infantry's Huey Choppers flying Med Evacs to and from the 12th Evacuation hospital. INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS I am as speechless today as he was then. I too have had my tongue Severed from my throat. My eyes Will not let me forget His eyes watching me, Waiting for me to faint From the horror of his face Blasted away, bone shorn from skull As the butcher's cleaver hacks A chicken breast apart. Fast as I pump that suction pump He bleeds faster Hemorrhages Suffocates Drowns in his own blood. Fully aware of my role as his Savior, His eyes never leave my face. I'll never know Whether he would've rather died that day, If given a choice. We never asked. echonyc.com This issue is dedicated to those Americans who fought in Vietnam and in memory of those who lost their lives in that war echonyc.com