I remember all to well when my dad left our home one morning when I was about three, I was hugging my mothers leg as we watched my dad walk away going to Camp Shelby Mississippi. I look up at my Mom and asked is my daddy coming back, crying she said yes he will come back to us. He did come back, but he was different. The night he came home my older brother got me awake after everyone had settled in for the night, Daddys home, I rushed in to Mom and Dads bedroom and felt of the face on one side of the bed and it was Mom I went to the other side and felt of the face and it was dad. Dad didnt talk much about his experiences, it hurt too much. we all relived his experiences at night when the nightmares came around,I would cover my head trying not to hear what he was saying, but i heard anyway, it was terrible.But if not for him and others like Casey Hester, Dallas Brock, Vance Clayton Just to name a few.My Dad was Pvt. Melvin L. Williams we could not enjoy a free country. to all the veterans that have served I say "THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICES"My dad has been gone from us for 31 yrs. but remembering the scars that may not always be physical that we can see, but emotional that we cannot see. There is so much I could say about my dad and how WW 2 effected him, He was wounded in the Asian theatre of the war but was able to live a seemingly normal life physically. what he would talk about was the people in India Burma and China, he had some fond memories of several ones that he would tell us stories about. Thank You Dad for helping to make me free In Memory of Pvt Melvin Lowery Williams

Gary l Williams Rd3 Navy Veteran
Guntown, MS