letters from viet nam

 

The 1960s were a lifetime ago.  In fact, John Richard’s life time.  John was born Oct 20, 1968—the first baby  born in our crowd of college friends.  His birthday this month unleashed memories.  John Richard shared a name and an October birthdate with John Leo Minor, whose lifetime was cut short in a one-car rollover in 1969.  How ironic to survive Viet Nam then to die on a West Texas highway.  We kids of the sixties learned the fateful twists and turns of life.