Was in high school, we'd learned about the Orson wells war of the world fiasco the week before in class. Noticed lots of trucks pulled over on the shoulder and stopped to see what was going on as usually lots of trucks parked on the edge of alfalfa meant game of some sort. Friend yelled to turn on my radio so I did, didn't seem real it felt like it should have been nothing more than a movie intro.
Remember some exchange students crying a lot, and a somber tone from everyone old enough to understand. What stands out most was the amount of flags hanging from everywhere the next day. 15 mile commute past ranches and farms and not a one was devoid of a flag. Never forget driving those miles home everyday with American flags flying from every structure in town.
We said we'd never forget....
What we certainly did, was not learn. I had 101 kids graduate my senior year 22 joined some level of service. I'm on the old side of millennial and we went into Iraq my senior year. 21 years removed, more importantly 1 year removed from last year and it's a tough lesson learned. We sacrificed some of the best, and I'm having a tough time answering why. We appear to have learned nothing, and the cost were some of the best we had.
I'll refrain from the rest of my thoughts, they probably err on the side of politically incorrect.
