I'm sad

[Walt's Daughter]

Vee, I read this very late last night and was too tired to reply, so wanted to wait until today so I could write something appropriate.

 

First off, I think you know how much you are loved on this forum. You are one to THE top members, and I can't think of ANY reason anyone would ever be mad at you, or not simply appreciate ALL you do for us, for others and especially for the servicemen who died overseas.

 

We are VERY grateful for you and for others like you, who honor our vets.

 

Let me share a story with you. I'm sure you will appreciate this...

 

Several months ago I got a letter from the brother of a WWII vet. Evidently he found out about my documentary and wrote me a scathing letter. Yes, you read that right. Said the title of my documentary, No Bridge Too Far was disrespectful to his brother and all the men who served with him during Operation Market Garden. He was very angry at me. Can you believe that? I was floored.

 

I wrote back to him and was very nice (boy was I angry), and told him the title was a badge of honor for all my engineers, telling the world they would stop at nothing to end the war, and that I had the backing of hundreds of veterans and their families, including men like 101st Airborne author, George Koskimaki, who WAS there at Market Garden. Guess what, he never wrote back and he never apologized.

 

Well you can see where I'm going with this. You get a letter from a "kook" and I get letters from "kooks", but that shouldn't discourage either one of us.

 

Sometimes it's even difficult on the forum (you and I have talked about this before), for many times we don't feel appreciated. It's hard when you post and post and post, and many go unanswered. It makes one feel like no one is interested. I go through that too. You do feel as though no one cares. But I know it isn't true. When you get that ONE GREAT letter, it does make it all worthwhile.