Margaret Carter, age 26
A while back, Robert wrote me that both John and Jack were killed in action. I shook my head sorrowfully and cried. I had a hard time telling Edith and Sam. They didn't take it well either.
That was months ago.
Basically after the departure of the two great men, Vietnamese and American troops alike were slaughtered. What else happens in war? Robert is fine and so is Edmund. Edmund has become more⦠careful and less enthusiastic about the war. He now knows what it is like to lose three friends because of the inability to solve conflicts peacefully.
Clark Clifford persuaded the president to send over 20,000 more US troops.
On May thirteenth, US and Vietnam delegations met at the Paris Peace talks and agreed upon the removal of US troops.
And on October thirty-first, President Johnson announced the complete stop of the American troops bombing the North Vietnamese.
Two major events happened in early November this year as well. The first was that Operation Rolling Thunder ended. The second was that Richard Nixon won the presidential election. Forty-three point four percent of votes went to him.
Another year has passed and thousands of people have passed as well, but one announcement from President Nixon and a letter from Robert has given me more joy than I have ever felt in my twenty-six years.
