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THERE HAVE BEEN DAYS



THERE HAVE BEEN DAYS


by Michael Bradshaw


To my closest friend and brother Charles Richard Pyle. Killed in action on March 22, 1968 in Thua Thien Province, R.V.N.


There have been days, there have been weeks and perhaps even a month or two.

But never, never in three decades has there been much more than a fortnight that I have not felt the pain or suffered through the anguish of your death.

Charlie, you are my soul mate. A bond of friendship more everlastingly eternal than that of blood kinship.

An event so rare that I surmise it can only be experienced for brief periods. Hence why was it your fate to die as you did and mine to mourn so very long?

I really miss you, my friend, and if fate were to be truly understood then there must be a much greater purpose in my still being with the living than I have yet to discover.

So there have been days and there have been weeks, but until such time as I come to realize my fate you are still and eternally will be a good portion of my being.

And I miss you.


Michael Bradshaw, Sgt. E-5
E Co.- Recon, 1st/501st Inf., 101st Airborne Div.
I Corps, RVN 1967-1968

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