"I tried to make you understand why I had to go to Korea, and now to Viet Nam. I think that a saying we have in this Company might make you understand:

For those who have fought for it, life has a flavor, the protected will never know.

I hope with this you might understand why, and this is only one reason. I have others that I had to go to Korea and now Viet Nam. Someone has to do it.

America was once a great country but the teenagers of now don't know what heritage is. They don't want to fight for freedom. Well, I do; I have to. If there weren't people that think the way I do, than America would have been taken over by Communism just like our country (Cuba) has. You don't want our children to be born in a Communist country, right darling? I know you don't, so please stick with me. I know it is a hard and long year, but it has to be done.

Darling, I'm not going to die here. I just know I'm not. All that might happen to me is that this place might make me more of a man. It will, it has already."