A POW's Christmas List

Dear Christina...Thank you for the great poem...and for remembering all those who suffer at the hands of an enemy. So your poem won't be lost (in my ever growing pile of papers), I am info copying your work to my friend, Mary Schantag of POW Network. She just might have a niche for it. She has a great web site and lots of works, bios on POWs, info on MIAs, and on-and-on. Be sure to visit her web site at: http://www.pownetwork.org

Thanks again...now it's time to go help Marlene set the table. 10 friends coming for dinner tonight.

Merry Christmas from someone who closely identifies with your poem. And, you probably didn't realize it, but you hit the nail on the head with a touch of humor. The line about the "beer" is just great. It is exactly what we would have said. Up-tight old fogies might say to you, how could you put in that levity about the beer? But, the truth be known, that is exactly what we would have said (and many of us did say it), just for a Christmas moment we would have rather have had a "beer" than a more healthy glass of milk. I never did get the healthy glass of milk, by by golly they did give me a beer once to celebrate their Tet. And we drank it...for the vitamins and nutrients, of course.

Sincerely,
Your POW..

Mike McGrath

POW 5 years 8 months
NAM-POW Historian
http://www.nampows.org