WHEN I WAS 17 I WORRIED ABOUT:

learning enough to pass final exams 

would I have enough gas for my car

friends going their own way after graduation

having a date on Friday night

losing my girlfriend

WHEN I WAS 18 I WORRIED ABOUT:

learning enough to survive a war, not pass an exam

having enough ammunition for my rifle, rather than gas for my car

my friends being killed, rather than going their own ways

being point man on a Friday night ambush, rather than a date

losing my life, rather than my girlfriend

by

Don Schaffer

Sergeant

United States Marine Corps

Republic of South Viet Nam

1967 -1968

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