I've been to The Wall as well, and not because I served in Vietnam but we were all a part of the experience.

There's still a mixture of guilt and rage that I feel, guilt that I managed to avoid combat, and rage that others were involved in a costly war that our leaders should never have involved us in.

And it's true that a good song about any war can reach those who are involved in a current war. That's why current soldiers in Iraq are making up new verses to "Revelry of the Dying." God help those who are the rear guard when it comes to the final evacuation.

Charley Noble