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The Bridge at No Gun Ri (A Hidden Nightmare From The Korean War)
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The Bridge at No Gun Ri (A Hidden Nightmare From The Korean War) |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
The Bridge at No Gun Ri (A Hidden Nightmare From The Korean War) What savage beast must be fed... for what purpose must innocent lives be shed? I need to understand why hundreds of innocent South Korean refugees had to die. On Korean soil innocent women and children lay under the bridge at No Gun Ri and it was American soldiers that blew them away. And still heartless Generals rush to say war is about hero's and victory parades. War is brave men that rise to the occasion in service to protect our fine nation. Perhaps these words are true for those who choose to embrace this point of view. But this truth I shall also offer to you. War is death and destruction and killing them before they kill you and no matter how hard good men try many innocents will be doomed to die. Yes innocents die in the name of war. Many innocents shall cry due to the rage of war. In order to understand the true nature of war look to the lives that have been destroyed. Too many families have gotten that call. Sons and daughter won't be coming home after all. I read a book about a nightmare of the Korean War and it brought heartbreak and sorrow to me. The book I read is "The Bridge At No Gun Ri." JamesLee March22 2002 Written after reading the book "The Bridge At No Gun Ri." A hidden nightmare from the Korean War. Hundreds of South Korean refugees with no place left to go were slaughtered by American troops because they were in the war zone and Senior Commanders determined that some of them may be the North Korean enemy...none were in uniform and none had weapons. Written by Charles J. Hanley, Sang-Hun Choe and Martha Mendoza. Winners of the Pulitzer Prize. ToUnderstandWarLookToTheLivesThatHaveBeenDestroyed [This message has been edited by JamesMichael (03-22-2002 12:59 AM).] |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
powerful and thought provoking... I have no answers for the why of things..but know Korea is not the only place and America not the only one... I dont think you ever understand war |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
I read this book and am aware of the atrocity of the situation, which won’t the first or the last. Well done JamesMichael for if we are not reminded the thought patterns continue. Whenever you get a chance rent a video from 1992 called Strafina, its quite something and has always stuck in my mind since the day I saw it. It takes place in Soweto, South Africa, so I think the repercussions of senseless acts of war are world wide, but bring to light our "need" to do away with it, may at least lesson some of its blows. The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives. |
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strbbux Member Elite
since 2001-12-19
Posts 3859 |
Wow this is powerful James, I will tell my husband about that book, he will love reading it. floria Floria |
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Accordionmaid Member
since 2001-10-28
Posts 153MA/USA |
It's sickening, the scourges of war, in particular the ones you write of. I read a book about someone who suffered under the Khmer Rouge and is now a refugee in the USA, as are several Cambodians. I dread the thought, but, can't help wondering if it could ever happen here. "I think I go home." |
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Accordionmaid Member
since 2001-10-28
Posts 153MA/USA |
I'm back... I just posted my brief review that your poem made me think of, in the prose forum. /pip/Forum15/HTML/001345.html "I think I go home." |
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Mistletoe Angel
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (tears fall down my cheeks) Oh James, this is so very heartbreaking, I have never read this book but now I think I really want to read it for this poem has touched me deeply! It saddens me so much to see the meaning of war always jeopardized and rewritten and how in all these casualties there is never a true winner and why we have to go on letting war happen! (big hugggssssss) This is a heartaching but powerful, sweet friend, God Bless You, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet James, thank you for sharing!  May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Thank you Cpat Hair, Mysteria, Floria, Accordionmaid and Noah for the nice responses... I would like to check that video out that you mentioned Mysteria...thank you... James |
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