Starpoet by Lisa Jain Thompson
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Thomas T. Walker

Sunday, 25 February 2007 13:50 Administrator
 
Thomas T. Walker
 
 
 
April 7, 1966
Da Nang, South Vietnam
 
 
Dear Mrs. Walker,
We regret to inform you ...
 
 
Mommy, when is Daddy coming home?
 
 
Captain Thomas T. Walker
Thomas Walker
Tom
 
 
He said he'd bring me home a present.
 
 
Thomas T. Walker
Has been posthumously awarded
The Distinguished Flying Cross ...
 
 
Make him come back, Mommy.
 
 
... The Bronze Star ...
 
 
But he promised, he promised!
 
 
... The Purple Heart ...
 
 
Daddy?
 
 
God help us.
 
 
 
Lisa Jain Thompson
August 5, 1966
 
(reedited February 2007)
 
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