Here’s something I wrote when I was in Luxor, Egypt:
Memorium
Gaylord was a young Hawaiian American who was killed in Viet Nam.
You remember Viet Nam don’t you— that TV series that was shut down for too much violence?
Gaylord was a Kauai boy who grew up before the hippies grassified the island. He was a strong, skinny youngster. Smart like boys who grow up outdoors are: very gentle and kind—a kid familiar with tropical beaches and forests. Of course, he got put in the infantry and was the sort of guy they would have walk “point” on patrols and I suppose that’s what killed him.
Well, Gaylord, you weren’t the first and you aren’t the last. I hope you enjoyed the bit of human life you got this time around.
Imua!
(That Hawaiian word means something like “forward” in English.)
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